Quick report from the Norwegian OOXML demonstration
April 9, 2008 7:23 pm StandardizationThe demo went from about 12:15 and lasted for about 45 minutes. The demo was only 50 meters from the GoOpen (Norwegian text) conference, and with good preparation (although short notice), about 150 turned up in the rain.
This was only the second IT demo in Norwegian history according to Dagens IT. It attracted even mainstrem media (as seen in the report below).
It was an emphatic crowd - lots of energy, good speech by Steve and important points delivered by several others. Pictures were taken, and I am sure there will be more pictures and videos online in the next few hours. Here are some from photos from fickr:
Per Inge Østmoen’s photo of me appealing to ISO to create a standard for standardization. After I sent my Open Letter to ISO, the UN/CEFACT have according to Computerworld (dk) started it’s process to create a standard for its standardization work. This may set the precedence needed to coax ISO into doing the same.
Update (20:55): More photos from the demonstration by the eminent photographer Per Inge Østmoen.
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Bravo Norway! In Switzerland we also had our irregularities and should have had an “Abstain”, at least.
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