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.
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2006-02-15
In your defense I have to agree that it's both stupid and really childish to mod all your posts down just because you happen to support MS. That does NOT make us OSS supporters look too smart..
And as for the matter at hand: Microsoft IS using dirty tactics (as shown f.ex. by the incident in Sweden) and I generally dislike Microsoft very much. But I wouldn't still have any objections towards OOXML if it was properly open and unencumbered by patents. It would just be a good thing IMHO. But it's kind of stupid to be trying to force OOXML as a standard when there is already a good and open standard. Oh well, I am just waiting to see how this all turns out in the end.