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		<title><![CDATA[ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'Or else ... ?[i]All members of the SC 34 committee will have to be given access to the final text of the OOXML standard by May 1 at the latest, the meeting also resolved.[/i]Considering that ISO directives require that that final text...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early draft of Microsoft XAML now onlineOf course there are others, were else would MS get ideaPS2 -> XboxiPod -> ZuneOSX -> VistaODF -> OOXMLLotus -> ExcelWordPerfect -> WordOn and on and on and on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU investigating OOXML vote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EU investigating OOXML voteNot suprised at all given all of the dirty tricks. And, even if OOXML werenot approved, the actions are still just as bad.Are you surprised that the EU investigating OOXML vote?They are doing everything in their power to "evict" Microsoft from the EU, leaving only "homegrown" Linux...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's winBut of course he doesThat is all he ever does, complain about everybody else.All very good points he is making. A sad day, but, not sure we have heardthe end of it yet. There are bound to be appeals, and the EU is already...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML is a â€œsadâ€ day for ISO and the computing public.       â€œI think it de-values the confidence people have in the standards setting process,â€ Shuttleworth said in an interview just hours after the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:35:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML winLong live the Microsoft Zimbabwe  standardIn recognition of ISO adoption of IS 29500 it will hence forth be formally known ans the Zimbabwe stand.Microsoft vote riggers sorry I mean keen standards followers were quoted as saying "we learnt all about ballot...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft claims victory in ISO struggle over OOXML]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft claims victory in ISO struggle over OOXMLApril Fools?[i]My problem here is not with Microsoft. I know for certain that Steve Ballmer is a great and good man.[/i]I'm sorry, but if a corporation corrupts a standards process the way they did, the person at the helm of that corporation is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like it or not, Microsoftâ€™s OOXML â€" now known as IS 29500 -- has received the proper number of votes to become an ISO standard.    And the Redmond, Washington company is wasting no time rejoicing the turnaround win.    In his blog today, Jason Matusow,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:43:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OOXML: Unofficially yes, formal announcement Wed.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OOXML: Unofficially yes, formal announcement Wed.So the anti-MS crowd should be happy, right?I mean, they have been crying for years that MS should open up their formats.Oh wait, what is that you say?  MS opening up their formats takes away another club the MS haters can use to bash...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the voteIt's capitalism, all right!A capital offense against mankind.And all the sheep bleat happily as they line up to be sheared.This is fantastic newsThis means that the man on the street can sponsor Penelope and Rupert's riches through their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While ISO isn't set to announce the official voting tally until tomorrow, the OpenDoc Society has posted to a mailing list what it claims are the final results indicating that Microsoft will be granted ISO approval for its Office Open XML OOXML document format.    According to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:56:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Norweigan civil war: Call to recall OOXML 'yes' vote]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norweigan civil war: Call to recall OOXML 'yes' voteThe OSI should be telling us why they delayed anouncing the vote. Thereason they gave is bogus. They should tell us that there are irregularities that prevent them from releasing the vote. The silence is deafening.ISO value in troubleIt is sad that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Still no word: ISO to announce results of OOXML vote Wednesday]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still no word: ISO to announce results of OOXML vote WednesdayWill Microsoft declare before Mugabeit's a race to the result .......Pretty sad the way the standards system is being trampled on here. It issupposed to be about the merits, NOT politics.Another thing, this is giving OSI a black eye. An...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Still no word: ISO to announce results of OOXML vote Wednesday]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Standards Organization won't make an official announcement about whether Office Open XML OOXML will be a standard until Wednesday -- and perhaps for good reason.      Final voting and reporting on the proposal was expected Monday but the ISO said it decided to hold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:30:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Scandal' over Norway's vote for OOXML]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA['Scandal' over Norway's vote for OOXMLOh Please!You know what, there are a million things more important than this format issue.At the end of the day, instead of asking or negotiating with MS to submit XLS and DOC to ISO, someone decided thata) Microsoft is evilb) Binary formats are badc) XML...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Scandal' over Norway's vote for OOXML]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear stories of "voting irregularities" around the world, not least of all right hear in the USA, but surely the ISO is different. No? The Register reports that delegates have been "complaining loudly about alleged heavy-handed tactics and misdeeds in the voting  process" on Microsoft's OOXML standard. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:13:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learnedIt taught Microsoft that its days are numberedas an all powerful monopoly, and that it cannot just run roughshod wherever it likes without an equal and opposite reaction.It's taught us, the community, that maybe it's time to start lots of lobbying of our own. Perhaps lots...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1301]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The votes have been tallied but it's still not 100 percent certain that Microsoft's Office Open XML OOXML document-format is going to become an ISO standard.    (Supposedly, the vote is still too close to call and neither ISO nor Microsoft is yet discussing the final results. But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:55:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting*New* news of *new* shocking meetings...... at http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw.LOL...Anyone that uses Groklaw as a source for any kind of information should probably know that Groklaw is the gutter tabloid of the internet.There is absolutely nothing unbiased about that sorry part of the internet.Seriously, someone thought...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybeFraud and corruption is the new International standard.Congratulations Microsoft for absolutely nothing of value, and enjoy the backlash ;-)Interesting language"[i]Microsoft maintains that Office dominates on the desktop worldwide and that OOXML is a de facto standard anyway[/i]"In other words, MS thinks that whatever they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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