<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Norway Vote - What really happened</span><br>
</p>
<p>&quot;The process which led to Norway's Yes vote on OOXML was so
surrealistic that it deserves to be recorded for posterity. Here's my
version of the story.</p>
It is not impartial. I was the Chairman of the Norwegian mirror
committee for SC34 (K185) for 13 years until resigning a couple of
weeks ago in protest against Standard Norway's decision to vote Yes. On
the other hand, I was present throughout the whole process and have
more first-hand knowledge of what went on than anyone (excepting two
employees of Standard Norway). Here I describe the fateful meeting on
Friday March 28. More background will follow.&quot;<br clear="all">Read more at...<br>
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<br>-- <br>Vikram Vincent<br>+919448810822<br><a href="http://www.swatantra.org/">http://www.swatantra.org/</a><br><a href="http://translate.swatantra.org/">http://translate.swatantra.org/</a>