<p>Thnx Sir,</p><p>Muthoni has put it in the simpliest English, just to add on to answer Q2<br></p><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/24/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Walubengo</b> <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Judy,<br> <br> your links are too detailed for the top shots on this list.<br> Maybe you or Muthoni can break this down in simple english<br> in terms of:<br> <br> 1. What is this animal called OOXML standard?</blockquote>
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</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> 2. What will it mean if Microsoft gets the International<br> Community (ISO) to adopt it?</blockquote>
<div> </div><br><div>these are but some of the issues we will be faced with:</div><div> </div><br>
<div>a) If OOXML is adopted, it leads to a problem of duplicate formats for document exchange.</div><div>b) The cost to the industry of having to support multiple standards would be a gross misuse of taxpayer's money.</div>
<div>c) It will be fully implemented by M$ only and we all know what this means.</div><div></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div> </div>
<div> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Then maybe thereafter you can ask for the Kenyan position.<br> Infact it would be good to know if Kenya will be voting in<br>
Geneva this week on the same. It will be a pleasant suprise<br> to know that Kenya will there and have a defendable<br> position ;-)<br> <br> walu.<br> <br><br> --- Judy Okite <<a href="mailto:judyokite@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">judyokite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br> > Dear Colleagues,<br> ><br> > I have been deeply grieved by the silence that has<br> > surrounded,this<br> > matter...How do we talk about growth and development in<br> > ICT,if we do not<br> > talk about software?<br>
><br> > A few questions that I have for the Board and a response<br> > will be highly<br> > appreciated:<br> ><br> > 1.what steps have the ICT BOARD taken in regard to the<br> > matter,on the link<br>
> below.<br> ><br> > <a href="http://www.noooxml.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.noooxml.org/</a><br> ><br> > having in mind that it is less than a week...to final<br>
> decision<br> ><br> > 2.What is Kenya's,position?<br>
><br> > More voice to this reason<br> ><br> ><br> <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080312151954507" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080312151954507</a><br>
><br> > Kind Regards,<br>
><br> ><br> > --<br> > Judy Ann Okite,<br> > +254-721237507,+254-734252336<br> > P.O. BOX 2228 00100,<br> > NAIROBI,KENYA.<br> > 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about<br> > things that matter. '<br>
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