Hi,
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
> As well as there being the two month period for
> submitting complaints, there will then also be a decision by the Irish
> government as to whether or not to endorse OOXML for government use.
Pardon my cynicism, but I don't see the government being a barrier. Our
government and our commissioner are the ones that have tried to push
through software patents apparently in the interests of large software
vendors.
Gavin
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