Ukuug Quit BSI Committee Themselves Prior To OOXML Vote
Talkback I seems that the ukuug quit the relevant BSI committee a few months before the OOXML vote. Also previously Alain Williams, Chairman of UKUUG said BSI member Alex Brown prreviously commented on the ukuug stament:
[May 2, 2008, 14:18]
Quitting And Complaining
Talkback The ukuug quit the standaardization proces. As this is not public information the ukuug placing themselves outisde the proces has no more acces to the committee information. If the ukuug would like to have a case they woyuld need to come up with...
[May 22, 2008, 11:37]
Changing The Subject Again?
Talkback At the risk of repeating myself - This is about the BSI, not UKUUG. If the ukuug would like to have a case they woyuld need to come up with the official recommendation of the committee and prove that BSI has not followed it.
[May 22, 2008, 10:43]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Perhaps the reason the UKUUG has not commented on these other knighthoods is because they're areas that have no bearing on the UKUUG, Microsoft's way of conducting business does have a strong bearing on the computing industry that's why the...
[January 27, 2004, 23:40]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback I, and I expect many in UKUUG and others in the world who advocate open systems, have _no hate_ for either What my submission to ZDNet -- our PR is at http://www.ukuug.org/pr/2004-01-26_Gates.html; it also points to what UKUUG stands for...
[January 27, 2004, 22:33]
What Proof, What Right
Talkback Actually the high court has nothing to decide as the ukuug has likely no standing and has not presented any case yet. If they were a participant in the BSI committee they might have some standing on what BSI states on therecommendations made by the...
[May 22, 2008, 10:43]
For More Balance
Talkback Alain Williams, Chairman of UKUUG, said: We are very disappointed that BSI has chosen to take this decision against the advice of its technical committee" http://www.ukuug.org/ooxml/ I find it hard to understand what the UKUUG thinks it's playing at.
[May 2, 2008, 14:26]
UK Unix Users Seek Funding To Pursue OOXML Fight
News At the end of April, the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) applied for a judicial review of the British Standards Institution's (BSI's) decision to vote 'yes' in an international vote on whether to standardise Office Open XML (OOXML).
[June 19, 2008, 14:22]
UK Standards Body Taken To Court Over OOXML
News The UK Unix & Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) said on Thursday that the British Standards Institution's (BSI's) controversial decision to vote for approval of OOXML in a recent International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ballot followed a...
[May 1, 2008, 16:34]
Home Automation At Open Tech 2008
Blog Saturday July 5th - ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/ Open Tech 2008, from UKUUG and friends, is an informal one-day conference about technology, society and low- carbon living, featuring Open Source ways...
[June 20, 2008, 12:03]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
News Other operating systems rarely suffer such problems, said UKUUG chairman Charles Curran, "having been designed with security and robustness as goals rather than as afterthoughts. The UKUUG bills itself as a non-profit organisation and technical...
[January 27, 2004, 14:55]
Microsoft Is Trying To Game The Standards Process.
Talkback I wish the UKUUG luck, but fear they are wasting their time. This was their plan all along, they still want to be the only game in town, and will stop at nothing to attain that goal. What Micro$oft wants, Micro$oft gets.
[May 22, 2008, 10:41]
OOXML Ratification Faces Delay After Objection
News Responding to SABS's move, the head of the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG), Alain Williams, told ZDNet.co.uk it was "excellent news". The UKUUG is trying to get the British Standards Institution (BSI) to make a formal objection to OOXML...
[May 27, 2008, 13:54]
ISO Rejects National Bodies' Appeals Against OOXML
News The UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG), whose application for a judicial review into the decision was rejected by a High Court judge at the start of June, still intends to follow through with its appeal against that rejection.
[August 18, 2008, 14:18]
Linux User Groups Stake Out Their Territory
News Unlike the other groups, UKUUG charges a membership subscription that ranges from £20 plus VAT for students to £170 plus VAT for corporate membership. Various Linux user groups took booths at the Linux Expo this week, staking out their territory in...
[October 10, 2002, 16:09]
Good Luck
Talkback I wish The UK Unix & Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) all the best in this action to right a wrong. I urge other serious groups and/or individuals to join with them and support their action. Thanks also to David Meyer for a balanced article.
[May 22, 2008, 10:37]
UK LinuxWorld Show Postponed Until Spring
News Also part of next week's Linux activities in Cambridge is LinuxConf, also sponsored by Usenix, and run by UKUUG and GUUG, the UK and German Unix user groups, with sponsorship from Intel and Google, as well as media sponsors LinuxUser & Developer...
[August 31, 2007, 15:09]
MPs: Open Source Faces Exclusion In Schools
News The group of MPs has won support from the Open Schools Alliance, a group of organisations which includes the Open Source Consortium, SchoolForge, FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure) and the UKUUG (UK Unix and Open Systems User...
[November 27, 2006, 13:37]
