Microsoft News AlertThis newsletter is sponsored by GatewayNetwork World's Microsoft News Alert, 08/28/07* TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Brazil says no to Open Office XML Microsoft’s bid to get its OOXML specification approved as an ISO accredited standard has gotten a kick in the shin. The Brazilian Technical Standards Organization voted no to approving OOXML as a standard. Committee member Avi Alkalay, who is open standards and Linux advisor at IBM Brazil, said, “It is unbelievable how ECMA (the same guys that put together the JavaScript standard!) can think that a wannabe spec like OOXML is ready for submission.”
Also: India also says no to Open Office XML Researcher hacks a fix from last Patch Tuesday Microsoft embraces, then kicks, Cisco Yank Office, install Google Apps, kill career Social networking for your television For more news and opinion, visit Microsoft Subnet. * FROM OUR BLOGGERS: John Obeto – Notes from a Microsoft fan Tyson Kopczynski -- Hidden Microsoft Gems Collaboration expert Sue Hanely's blog Author expert Colin Spence's blog * HOT DISCUSSIONS AMONG MICROSOFT SUBNET READERS: SCO vs. Novell: Contract Law 101 Microsoft attacks Cisco with new VoIP/video server LucidTouch screen, very touchy feely Reader’s don’t buy claims about Microsoft vs. VMware Windows breaks Skype (or lessons in P2P networking)
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