23 Aug
2007
23 Aug
'07
2:34 p.m.
India votes against ooxml unanimously. the decision of the committee was to
disapprove ooxml with comments. The final meeting took place today after
3pm for about an hour and half, and no voting took place.
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Nagarjuna G.
nagarjun(a)gnu.org.in
23 Aug
23 Aug
3:38 p.m.
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Nagarjuna G. wrote:
India votes against ooxml unanimously. the decision
of the committee was to
disapprove ooxml with comments. The final meeting took place today after
3pm for about an hour and half, and no voting took place.
Good news and great work. So, where does leave OOXML in India in terms
of getting a re-entry and what would be the impact of this unanimous
vote against OOXML in terms of Government Specifications especially
those related to transactions and citizen centric efforts ?
Would the decision of the committee be made public ?
:Sankarshan
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You see things; and you say 'Why?';
But I dream things that never were;
and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw
www.linkedin.com/in/sankarshan
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4 p.m.
Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay said on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:08:59PM +0530,:
Nagarjuna G. wrote:
While commending the efforts of every body concerned to protect our
rights, please remember that this is only one battle, the war is not
yet over...
In some other countries, the bodies have done a somersault after the
first stage, so do stay alert.
--
Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.blogspot.com/
It's not the software that's free; it's you.
India votes against ooxml unanimously. the
decision of the committee was to
disapprove ooxml with comments. The final meeting took place today after
3pm for about an hour and half, and no voting took place.
Good news and great work. So, where does leave OOXML in India in terms
of getting a re-entry and what would be the impact of this unanimous
vote against OOXML in terms of Government Specifications especially
those related to transactions and citizen centric efforts ?
5:49 p.m.
On Thursday 23 August 2007 20:04, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
India votes against ooxml unanimously. the decision
of the committee
was to disapprove ooxml with comments. The final meeting took place
today after 3pm for about an hour and half, and no voting took place.
Whether this be a battle or a war, I believe Dr Nagarjuna deserves a
great deal of credit for his tireless and painstaking work in making
the facts available to the Government.
Thanks Nagarjuna, beer/coffee's on me next time you're in Delhi :)
Regards,
-- Raju
--
Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/
Freedom in Technology & Software || September 2007 || http://freed.in/
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It is the mind that moves
6:47 p.m.
Whether this be a battle or a war, I believe Dr Nagarjuna deserves a
great deal of credit for his tireless and painstaking work in making
the facts available to the Government.
round of applause for nagarjuna, who i know has been personally
spending days and nights reading through stacks of documents and
collaborating with people to ensure india sticks to agreeable open
standards. kudos also to a lot of other people who've been working on
this for months and months tirelessly. way to go guys!
Thanks Nagarjuna, beer/coffee's on me next time you're in Delhi :)
ah! nagarjuna's that will be at freed.in if not earlier!
as discussed a few weeks ago on the phone regarding your availability
and talk at freed.in. please register at the freed.in site with your
talk asap. today we noticed the slots are filling up rapidly.
thanks.
:-)
niyam
24 Aug
24 Aug
1:49 a.m.
On Friday 24 August 2007 00:17, Linux Lingam wrote:
[snip]
ah! nagarjuna's that will be at freed.in if not earlier!
as discussed a few weeks ago on the phone regarding your availability
and talk at freed.in. please register at the freed.in site with your
talk asap. today we noticed the slots are filling up rapidly.
Great! Also, would like to invite FSF India to be a supporting
organisation for freed.in 2007. If FSFI decides quick enough, you can
have your logo on the poster and (if you want it) a stall at the event.
What say, folks?
Regards,
-- Raju
--
Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/
Freedom in Technology & Software || September 2007 || http://freed.in/
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It is the mind that moves
7:06 a.m.
On 8/24/07, Linux Lingam <linuxlingam(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks a lot. This happened due to welcome support from Sun, IBM, Redhat,
Google, to name a few, and academics from IITs and IIMs.
I have certainly marked the days, please help me what should the topic be.
SELF and Gnowsys are the ones that eat most of my time. What do you people
say? If you also want me to talk on any other issue such as open document
standards advocacy or road ahead for free software movement, I am ready.
Give me your proposals.
Nagarjuna
Whether this be a battle or a war, I believe Dr Nagarjuna deserves a
great deal of credit for his tireless and painstaking work in making
the facts available to the Government.
round of applause for nagarjuna, who i know has been personally
spending days and nights reading through stacks of documents and
collaborating with people to ensure india sticks to agreeable open
standards. kudos also to a lot of other people who've been working on
this for months and months tirelessly. way to go guys! Thanks Nagarjuna, beer/coffee's on me next
time you're in Delhi :)
ah! nagarjuna's that will be at freed.in if not earlier!
as discussed a few weeks ago on the phone regarding your availability
and talk at freed.in. please register at the freed.in site with your
talk asap. today we noticed the slots are filling up rapidly. 
10:11 a.m.
Is there any place where we can read more information about the whole
process and discussions that led to this decision?
I was thinking of posting the story on www.fsdaily.com.
This might help other people and places where the standards debate is still on.
Thanks and Regards,
Viswanath
On 8/24/07, Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> wrote:
On 8/24/07, Linux Lingam <linuxlingam(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks a lot. This happened due to welcome support from Sun, IBM, Redhat,
Google, to name a few, and academics from IITs and IIMs.
I have certainly marked the days, please help me what should the topic be.
SELF and Gnowsys are the ones that eat most of my time. What do you people
say? If you also want me to talk on any other issue such as open document
standards advocacy or road ahead for free software movement, I am ready.
Give me your proposals.
Nagarjuna
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Whether this be a battle or a war, I believe Dr Nagarjuna deserves a
great deal of credit for his tireless and painstaking work in making
the facts available to the Government.
round of applause for nagarjuna, who i know has been personally
spending days and nights reading through stacks of documents and
collaborating with people to ensure india sticks to agreeable open
standards. kudos also to a lot of other people who've been working on
this for months and months tirelessly. way to go guys! Thanks Nagarjuna, beer/coffee's on me next
time you're in Delhi :)
ah! nagarjuna's that will be at freed.in if not earlier!
as discussed a few weeks ago on the phone regarding your availability
and talk at freed.in. please register at the freed.in site with your
talk asap. today we noticed the slots are filling up rapidly. 
10:22 a.m.
On 8/24/07, Viswanath Durbha <viswanath.durbha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any place where we can read more information
about the whole
process and discussions that led to this decision?
http://odfalliance.in will be helpful
-Santhosh Thottingal
10:36 a.m.
I have certainly marked the days, please help me what should the topic be.
SELF and Gnowsys are the ones that eat most of my time.
SELF would be interesting for all.
What do you people
say? If you also want me to talk on any other issue such as open document
standards advocacy
nah! nope no open document stuff please.
or road ahead for free software movement
yup! and how students and academia can get involved with fsf-india
:-)
niyam
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