2008/5/24 Praveen A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "The national body of South Africa (SABS), as a P member of JTC 1, > hereby submits an appeal against the outcome of the fast track > processing of DIS 29500 Office open XML.
Brazil followed South Africa in standing upto ISO sellout. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080529202924937 I hope some more will follow. One quote from the letter, showing what happened at BRM as a clear picture. "Brazil has tried to present this proposal, during the debates, on the first day of the meeting and, attending to a request made by the convenor, Brazil has taken offline discussions with USA and other delegations and prepared its proposal to be presented on Friday, during USA proposal presentation. On Friday, when USA ended their part of presentation and asked for Brazil to present its part of it, the convenor denied this opportunity to Brazilian delegation. Several delegations has protested against that arbitrary decision, but those appeal was in vain and until the end of the BRM, the Brazilian delegation was not able to present its proposal. The main reason alleged by the convenor was "lack of time"." Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
