● 02.28.08
●● Week of Corruptions :: Day 4 :: Briberies in Sweden
Posted in ECMA, Europe, Fraud, Microsoft, Open XML at 2:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
This is the week when we take a look back at Microsoft's corruptions and repeat them verbatim. Here is our old coverage of the incidents in Sweden.
look back at Microsoft's corruptions
old coverage of the incidents in Sweden
We saw this in Germany, Colombia, and Portugal (among other nations). Panels are assembled to include just Microsoft partners. The fox watches the hen house.
↺ are assembled to include just Microsoft partners
When a friend of mine arrived, it was clear that it all was stuffing going on from Microsoft side. All Microsoft partners in Sweden was at that meeting. People against OOXML got an offer to leave the meeting without paying the fee (not becoming a member). Everyone left, including IBM that thought it all was a farse.
It’s not the first country that Microsoft “buys” (to use the words of this witness). It has also ‘bought’ Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. In the past, a comment from Sweden warned us that this was bound to happen.
Moments ago we found the following story in the news:
Microsoft to Boost Charity in India
↺ Microsoft to Boost Charity in India
India decided it would vote “No”, so keep a close eye on what they do in September. It could be yet another case of politicians and decision makers being influenced.
Update: more information from Sweden is available thanks to a link from Ola.
It later turned out that Microsoft offered incentives to voters. How many other countries has this happened in? █
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