The Embrace, Extend, Extinguish of ODF Begins?

South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo
Andy Updegrove has the news that South Africa has filed an official appeal, protesting the approval of OOXML, and the action means that OOXML is now...

Microsoft: don't get me started about (South) Africans
An "open source" Microsoft employee blog post about South Africa. Edifying. Really. In short, poor people are dense.

Has OOXML Broken the British Standards Institute?
Standards are supposed to be about a process of creating points of reference that people can rely upon, arrived at through a process of careful...

India Rejects Microsoft's OOXML Format
There are reports that the BIS Committee has rejected the Microsoft's document format OOXML. India's BIS has voted against OOXML. Out of 19 members,...

South Africa says a Loud No to OOXML
South Africa Public Service and Administration Minister says a loud No to OOXML and Micro$oft