Comments on: Why Microsoft wants Indian NGOs to support OOXML?

By: Boycott Novell » OOXML Incidents Index: From [H]ungary to [J]ordan

Boycott Novell » OOXML Incidents Index: From [H]ungary to [J]ordan — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:59:05 +0000

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By: Microsoft OOXML gets a NO from Indian Govt. |Technology and Business Startups in India

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:36:00 +0000

[...] Indian govt. has finally decided to vote against Microsoft’s OOXML proposal and will forward their final decision to [...]

By: Vishal Gupta

Vishal Gupta — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:13:14 +0000

here’s a quote from a letter authored by Ashish Gautam, Open Standards Specialist – India, IBM India sent on March 15, 2007 to govt officials and others:

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“Please start influencing our national body – BIS, the press, STQC and state IT bodies. Also start asking BIS and MCIT to post all the documentation on their website and make it available to the public…This way you can point people to the documentation and they can become familiar with all of the information as we commence the balloting process…”
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Now this is a letter you would call “cajoling” partners. Notice the use of words – influence… and that too for govt. bodies like BIS & state IT bodies? for independent entity as press? this seems downright illegal to me..

finally notice “as we commence the balloting process” .. well i wonder who is commencing the balloting process – IBM or India?

You can read the full article here:

http://www.askvg.com/should-india-be-held-hostage-to-unilateral-views-on-open-xml/

By: thodu

thodu — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:36:32 +0000

Forget NGOs. The biggest we-will-sell-out-for-a-pittance are the so called darlings of the Indian IT industry – Infosys and Co. These guys have a vote at the table and will shamelessly push Microsoft’s agenda because it is in their business interests to do so. Doing-the-right-thing be damned.

By: supreet

supreet — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:44:16 +0000

same old ms game…. n i think india is a soft target

By: Venkat

Venkat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:12:56 +0000

Folks interested to know more about the OOXML politics should read this.

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/132

By: samaira chandra

samaira chandra — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:02:55 +0000

That’s a smart move on the part of Microsoft to implement OOXML format
through targeting NGOs as they are always known for their smart tactics.

By: Preetham

Preetham — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:50:03 +0000

Bribe Works in INDIA