Re: [ILUG-BOM] [URL] IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads

[Ravindra Jaju]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Arun Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I think it is a case of incomplete proof reading.

 I have read the article and saw Dr. Phatak's name spelt correctly in 2
 places, only in the last instance did I notice the error.

 It happens.  Have we not all, at one time or another, sent out emails
 w/o checking for spelling errors?

Not entirely correct. I first checked and saw this error at all places.
Sometime later, I saw the first instance corrected but the next two
were wrong. And now - you seem to have seen another revision!

At another times, I saw another article on rediff about another professor
at IITB, again with a spelling mistake!

This isn't simply an informal email. This is an important article on a
well-visited website - and on the 'front page'! It's shows how reliable
these reports (and reporters) are. In any case, the bias on various
news websites/papers/channels is obvious to people who have even
some knowledge of the topic in focus. For everyone else - well, they
are simply misled my the media on many topics! It's all about sensationalism
and eye-ball catching.

Best wishes,
jaju
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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Thank You, South Africa !!

[Praveen A]

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
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