[leglug-users] OOXML in Lebanon

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greetz

nice subject and i think ppl will review and hopefully act upon that.

regards
BL

On 7/9/07, Benjamin Henrion <zoobab at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Lebanon Linux Users,
>
> Microsoft is pushing hard in all the countries members of ISO to force
> them to vote YES to their broken standard proposal on Office OpenXML
> (OOXML in short).
>
> Our association has launched a petition recently:
>
> http://www.noooxml.org/petition
>
> Lebanon is one of the countries that can approve or disapprove this
> important standard.
>
> As you may know, Lebanon has one vote as United States has one vote.
>
> The authority deciding in Lebanon is LIBNOR:
>
> http://www.libnor.org/
>
> Would it be possible for your group to submit technical comments to
> object on the standard?
>
> It is for example impossible to enter dates before the year 1900, or
> to calculate days of work for Muslims countries (I don't know what are
> the days off in Lebanon):
>
> http://www.noooxml.org/muslims
>
> I hope you can help with convincing your National Body to vote NO.
>
> Best regards,
>
> PS: je parle aussi francais
>
> --
> Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org>
> FFII Brussels - +32-484-566109 - +32-2-4148403
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