Midwest-Linux
April 13th, 2008, 02:44 AM
How come there is very little reporting on this?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/62531.html
Norwegian Geeks Take to the Streets to Protest OOXML
"The peaceful Oslo protest was called by Steve Pepper, who stepped down as chairman of the Standards Norway committee on the issue after being outvoted in the decision that Norway will support the Microsoft standard.
Pepper said the committee ignored the advice of the vast majority of the Nordic nation's software experts. He claimed it was pressured by Microsoft and displayed "scandalous behavior." "
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/62531.html
Norwegian Geeks Take to the Streets to Protest OOXML
"The peaceful Oslo protest was called by Steve Pepper, who stepped down as chairman of the Standards Norway committee on the issue after being outvoted in the decision that Norway will support the Microsoft standard.
Pepper said the committee ignored the advice of the vast majority of the Nordic nation's software experts. He claimed it was pressured by Microsoft and displayed "scandalous behavior." "