There was clearly a transaction of money made by Microsoft in Norway, which passed it on to ISO.
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New OOXML Scandal - A Leaked Email Surfaces in France - Updated: New Details from Norway
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"... Here's a computer translation of the email: «The project of RGI presented at the time of the last committee of the reference frames of October 12, 2007 had been put on standby, following the step engaged in the ISO by the ECMA concerning the OpenXML standard.
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OOXML demonstration in Oslo: The speech
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The demonstration was completed about an hour ago - more about that later (with pictures). Here is the speech by Steve Pepper held during the demonstration - and it is a very good summary of the whole OOXML case
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Norway’s Protest Against Microsoft Abuse Goes More Public (Updated)
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The protests against OOXML in Norway were mentioned on a few occasions recently [1, 2, 3]. It appears as though they earned the media attention they had sought.
Read more »OOXML: Go To Hell!
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"Demonstration against OOXML, originally uploaded by Martin Bekkelund..." -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinbekkelund/2401095139/
Read more »OOXML Protests Scheduled in Norway, Microsoft’s Reputation Claimed Tarnished
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The ‘Norway story’ continues. Yesterday we pieced together somewhat of a summary which included a new list of irregularities. Now come the protests.
Read more »Norway asks to suspend its 'Yes' vote on OOXML
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Due to 'serious irregularities,' Norway's OOXML vote could be suspended pending an investigation, adding further intrigue to the ongoing standards debate
Read more »OOXML Vote: Irregularities in Germany & Croatia and a Call for an Investigation of Norway
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If Microsoft gets this OOXML format "approved", it will be by irregularities in the voting, it seems. Here's more on what happened in Germany and a report on what is being called a scandal in Norway. And another odd process in Croatia.
Read more »Norway mandates use of open formats: HTML, ODF and PDF
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Government, state and regional agencies, authorities and services may also publish in other formats, but they must always publish in one of these formats. The decree is retroactive, and by 2014 all documents published prior to this decree must have been converted and made available in one of the three formats.
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Norway Decides: No with Comments on OOXML and a Hint from Hungary
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Norway Standards has released its decision on OOXML. It's No with Comments. Essentially, they are concerned about too many technical issues and wish to see them fixed before it becomes a standard.
Read more »Norway and OOXML
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There is now a report from Norway on how Microsoft rallied its partners to try to get a favorable vote on MSOOXML. Norway will tell us the vote results on September 2.
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Norway opens Free Software Center
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Norway opened a national center for competence in Free Software in Drammen, near Oslo, on Wednesday.
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Microsoft bows to complaint from Linpro
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Microsoft has agreed to change the terms of its school agreement with Norwegian regional municipalities, following a complaint by Norwegian company Linpro to The Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA).
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