CeBIT 08: Red Hat Says Australia Missed OOXML Opportunity

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"Australia may have missed an opportunity to promote open technology by abstaining from the recent OOXML vote, according to Linux distribution vendor Red Hat.

"Speaking at the Open CeBIT conference in Sydney today, Red Hat's Asia Pacific Senior Product Manager Frank Feldmann said he was disappointed that OOXML has been accepted as an international standard..."

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