Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Sep 2007 21:40 UTC, submitted by archiesteel
Microsoft has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization. The proposal must now be revised to take into account the negative comments made during the voting process. Microsoft expects that a second vote early next year will result in approval, it said Tuesday. That is by no means certain, however, given the objections raised by some national standards bodies.
Permalink for comment 268565
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
Member since:
2005-07-06
As it should be.
Though I'm kind of curious why ODF wasn't rejected "with comments" as well, as it has it's own share of technical issues. Why couldn't they do that for ODF as well so the technical issues could be addressed, giving plenty of time for it to be approved on the "fast track" process.
Basically, no format as encompassing as an office suite format should be approved the first time around for iso status on the fast-track process. If it is, something is wrong.