I have just sign it after reading your email. Allah yjazik bikair.
--- Ossama Khayat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Salam all, > > Microsoft is proposing to ISO to make its standard OOXML an ISO > standard. If > you haven't heard about OOXML, it's a standard (as M$ claims) that is > used in > Office 2007, which is the worst ever, and moreover XML incompatible! > So, it is > very important at least to read the petition[1], get an idea about > this > proposal, sign the petition, and tell the others! > > Another critical issue to know about OOXML is that it "ignores the > fact that > the week-end is not Saturday and Sunday in the Muslim world, other > Muslims > countries"!! More here[2]. > > What to do now? For webmasters and site owners, you can use this > page[3] as > support against this move. For LUGs, we need to arrange for our local > countries > and make seminars or whatever that can be done to raise people's > awareness. > > But what is the alternative? There is already a standard called ODF > (Open > Document Format) which is also an XML standard used in OpenOffice.org > and is a > free ISO standard that can be implemented without being liable to M$ > or any > other. More info here.[4] > > PLEASE ACT NOW! > > More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML > > [1] http://www.noooxml.org/petition > [2] http://www.noooxml.org/muslims > [3] http://www.noooxml.org/banners > [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument > > - Ossama > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get your own web address. > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general ------------------------------ Don't worry. Believe and work. http://amjahed.blogspot.com/ http://manjamdahab.blogs.bayn.ma/ _____________________________________________________________________________ Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
