NoOOXML

LiberacionDigital is blogging about the "National Shame in Chile: CCE will decide by vote Chilean OOXML!". Here is a rough translation by Google:

The Act N1 Committee Mirror jointly coordinated by INN and CHP to analyze and discuss on the approval of Standard ECMA 376 29500, it has been agreed that the INN delegated functions of the Technical Secretariat of the Committee with Carlos Recabarren (Chairman of CCE) as Chairman of the committee.

This committee will make the decision to be issued by Chile's vote on 25-29 February 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland, to decide if the Office Open XML format (OOXML) should be standard ISO 29500.

With Jose Antonio Barriga, the National Technology Officer of Microsoft Chile, as part of the directory of the ECC, it is difficult to have confidence in the neutrality of the committee's decision.

While the purported intent is to give efficiency without losing plurality, we see that the committee is composed by 3 "agents" of M$, plus other trade groupings associated with the giant, which implies that the accused decides his own trial.

We are against time to challenge this truculenta moved because the vote is decided on Tuesday January 15 at the last meeting of this committee, and most likely that the vote Chilean end up being "Adopts" despite the fact that in September, Chile submit 217 observations standard, being located among the countries that provide most, and yet voted abstention.

The vote of approval since it would be as can be seen in the Proceedings of the committee (why are not the last 2?), M$ has ably managed that comments be ignored.

CALL URGENT Spread this information to the entire network as soon as possible to say NO TO STANDARD TO OOXML

Almost all of the development work of the committee is in http://www.ccechile.org/eventos/2007/comite_espejo.php help us stop the network influences of the octopus because it is not just and technically correct.

You need to contact the largest possible number of sites and technically qualified persons against the format as a standard, and above all to alert the international observers who care about the transparency of the process around the world.

NOTE: With this format facto standard + the agreement already signed with M$ are fried, because the company can spend all documentation currently illegal in the state (stored in. DOC. XLS,. PPT) OOXML, and will be legal! Saving a high monetary cost to the state, but a high social cost to Chileans.

You can expect more of those things happening until the end of March.