MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO'

[ThinkFree]

News has just come in that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has made a final decision on the document file format OXML (Open eXtended Markup Language). Sources tell tech2.com that with 13 Against, 1 Abstain and 5 For, the technical committee entrusted with deciding whether Microsoft-backed OXML format will be accepted, has stuck by its earlier decision. The "Yes" votes came from industry body NASSCOM, Microsoft itself and Indian software giants Infosys, TCS and Wipro.

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[CadCrazy]

Re: MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO' [tech2.com]

Good news. I'am surprised why it biggies like Nasscom, infy,TCS and wipro
are supporting it (monopoly). Possibly bribed by Microsoft

 

[praka123]

Re: MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO' [tech2.com]

whaow!again saved from M$haft demon

 

[Vyasram]

Re: MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO' [tech2.com]

if they had made it a standard, then M$ would have started collecting Rs. 5800 crores

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

Re: MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO' [tech2.com]

Good news. I'am surprised why it biggies like Nasscom, infy,TCS and wipro
are supporting it (monopoly). Possibly bribed by Microsoft

Very correctly said and no disputing that! Also, their infrastructure is 99% based on MS products.

if they had made it a standard, then M$ would have started collecting Rs. 5800 crores

I'm happy that India is the first country to finalize their vote and reject it after the BRM started in geneva this month. Good to see India taking a lead and countries to follow.

 

[hailgautam]

Re: MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO' [tech2.com]

Good news. I'am surprised why it biggies like Nasscom, infy,TCS and wipro
are supporting it (monopoly). Possibly bribed by Microsoft

These companies get huge business through MS, directly and indirectly even if the client is some other company, MS takes the main project and transfers the work to one of the Sub-Contractor.

 

[praka123]

Re: MUST READ:India's Final Vote On MS Office File Standard Is 'NO' [tech2.com]

IMHO,GNU/Linux and FOSS awareness is genearlly high in India. that may be another reason that let the sarkar know that M$ monopoly sucks!

 

[redhat]

I am happy that the new format has been rejected...

I discovered that this new format was only a host of XML files, archived...
Just change the extension to .zip, and open it using winZip....
You can then read the document contents from the XML files....

 

[mehulved]

I am happy that the new format has been rejected...

I discovered that this new format was only a host of XML files, archived...
Just change the extension to .zip, and open it using winZip....
You can then read the document contents from the XML files....

Well both the formats OXML and ODF are just zipped XML's, FYI. And that's a good idea, IMO.

 

[CadCrazy]

Well both the formats OXML and ODF are just zipped XML's, FYI. And that's a good idea, IMO.

Totally agree.

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

Well both the formats OXML and ODF are just zipped XML's, FYI. And that's a good idea, IMO.

Nope, not really, here's something to ponder over which will tell you how unstandardised OOXML itself is.
The Disharmony of OOXML

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

It's also quite sweet to see Microsoft's bribing of Indian NGOs go down the drain.

I guess they thought that when you pay money to an NGO to support their sadistic pleasure, it doesn't become a bribe
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