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

["Benjamin Henrion" <bh at udev dot org>]

All delegations are listed here:

http://www.noooxml.org/delegations

Libya 	LNCSM  	lncsm90 at yahoo dot com 	Tel: +218 21 462 72 80 	Fax: +218 21
463 08 85  http://www.lncsm.org/

For Lybia, we have no infos on what is going on there, so we would
welcome if you could CALL them and ask the following questions:

1. Will they vote on the ISO DIS29500 (Office OpenXML or OOXML)?
2. Of yes, do they have a working group, or an expert committee to
deal with the issue?
3. Is it still possible to submit comments, and/or to have a meeting
with them to explain them the problems with the standard?

Microsoft is saying that Egypt will vote YES to their shitty standard,
and I have problems to find some people there to move on.

Best,

On 8/4/07, hassan lamushe <lamushe at gmail dot com> wrote:
> Hi Benjamin
>
> When the vote is taking place? Who is representing Libya in the vote. Please
> let me know so we contact them.
> Best regards
>
> Hassan Lamushe
> Tripoli, Libya
>
> On 8/1/07, Benjamin Henrion <bh at udev dot org> wrote:
> >
> > 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,
> >
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