Re: OT: Microsoft Office OpenXML (OOXML) in Muslims countries

[Bashar <big at kuwaitnet dot net>]

Benjamin Henrion wrote, On 8/1/2007 1:13 PM:

Hi all,

Microsoft is pushing hard to get an ISO stamp on the broken file
formats for Office named Office OpenXML (OOXML).

Several arabic countries can and will participate in the vote, and
they are taking decisions now.

I have launched the <NO>OOXML campaign a while ago:

http://www.noooxml.org

And I am desperately looking for someone who speaks arabic fluently,
in order to call the National Bodies, and to convince them to vote NO.
In most of those countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lybia, etc...) we
have no idea what is going on, and we are afraid that Microsoft buys
their votes, as it happens with Azerbaijan.

If you can help, please let me know.

Best,

  

Hello Benjamin,
lots of opensource groups such as Kuwait Opensource community has start to support your project and start putting banners on their respective websites and spread the word on their mailing lists.

wish you all the best and good luck.

Best Regards,
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Bashar Al-Abdulhadi