Thanks Judy,<br><br>M$ has been targeting people in the sector and KBS (Kenya Bureau of Standards) misleading them to adopt a proprietary, incomplete and patented standard as if it were an open standard.<br><br>Kenyans, reject this move. We do not want Kenya to pass support for something blindly.
<br><br>It would be nice to hear if they have targeted the ministry.<br><br>MS's OOXML has been proved to be long, incomplete,
patented,and unsuitable as an ISO standard.<br><br>This is a software issue, here is a useful coverage on this matter: <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2007/06/05/">http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2007/06/05/</a><br><br>
More on ISO Standardization<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization</a><br><br>Muthoni<br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 8/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Judy Okite</b> <<a href="mailto:judyokite@gmail.com">judyokite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear Listers,<br>
<br>
Just to alert you on the ongoing campaign.......this product is
substandard,but M$ is determined to launch it. Please do not get caught
in between and make a wrong decision.... briefly scrutinize the links
below and make a well defined decision. Say NO to this product,sadly M$
has a strong hold in our country,but its within your rights to demand
for a worthy product.do not be fooled/coarsed or get caught in
marketting gimmick. Please spread this news out and wide.<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
<br clear="all">The campaign to stop Microsoft getting the Office format approved by
ISO is on. MS's OOXML has been proved to be long, incomplete,
patented,and unsuitable as an ISO standard. There is also an existing
standard, ODF, as you know.<br>
<br>
The FFII has been fighting OOXML
in Europe and Latin America, and FTISA has beat it in South Africa.
Together with these guys, we should be able to kick OOXML out of the
rest of Africa. There are ISO votes in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote-d'Ivoire,
Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Congo. Microsoft have, I
heard, gone to Nairobi in force to try to force the vote there.<br>
<br>
What we need to do is work with the ISO national boards to understand<br>
that OOXML is really broken, and we then need to make sure those<br>
boards can't be stuffed with Microsoft puppets, as happened in the US,<br>
Italy, Azerbaijan, Romania, and elsewhere. We just want national<br>
boards to
vote "NO" until all the technical problems in the format are fixed.<br>
<br>
The FFII has collected information on this campaign,<br>
see <a href="http://www.noooxml.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.noooxml.org</a>.<br>
<br>
But to start with, I'd like to invite you to join this mailing list:<br>
<a href="https://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/noooxml-africa" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/noooxml-africa</a><br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
- Pieter<br>
<a href="mailto:ph@imatix.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ph@imatix.com</a><br><span class="sg">-- <br>Judy Ann Okite,<br>+254-721237507,+254-734252336<br>P.O. BOX 2228 00100,
<br>NAIROBI,KENYA.
<br><br> <br>"Even if you are on the right track, you'll still get run over if you just sit there."
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