20090830 Evidence That OOXML is Just a Proprietary Wannabe ODF Catchup
From s5h.net
OOXML as a response
James D. Mason says: I spent 22 years as the chairman of what is now ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34. SC34 is the committee that standardized SGML in the 1980s and now is responsible for both ODF, supported by many open-source products, and OOXML, the XML released by Microsoft in response to ODF. Neither ODF nor OOXML has anything to do with ODA/ODIF, which have been dormant since the turn of the current century but were still under development in the 1990s in a committee that was parallel to the one that became SC34. Our past analysis: OOXML is a response. Thank you very much for the confirmation. Stronger language from Mason found in this article
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-179085/ooxml-as-a-response
Related: Malaysia seen as top market for open-source convergence
Malaysia is a leading adopter of open-source convergence software, according to key speakers at the AsterConference 2008, held recently in Kuala Lumpur.
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/22/malaysia-seen-top-market-open-source-convergence
Let's complain about Microsoft restricting choice in the market (part deux)
Yoon Kit wrote about being forced to pay the Microsoft tax when buying computers from computer manufacturers (eg Dell). I submitted a complaint to the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs and received an official acknowledgment from the ministry that the Penang branch office will investigate the complaint. I strongly urge everybody who uses non-Microsoft operating systems on their computers bought from Dell or any other manufacturers to write in through the web interface and make an official complaint. Make your voices heard so that we can stop being forced to pay for software we don't use!
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/09/lets-complain-a.html
OpenOffice.org deployed in Malaysian Schools
Just announced today (27 August 2008), The Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) are working with the State Government of Terengganu to further increase the adoption of Open Source Software in government and schools. This is announced at the "Open Source Software Seminar for Accelerated Adpotion" held at Wisma Darul Iman, Terengganu.
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/openofficeorg-d.html
