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Re: [News] OOXML Apprently Rejected by ISO!

____/ alt on Tuesday 04 September 2007 22:15 : \____

> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:24:05 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> ISO records a "NO" vote on OOXML
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Our sources inside ISO say that the result of the electronic vote is
>> | "NO". Our own unconfirmed calculations confirm that neither sufficient
>> | P-members voted to approve the vote, nor did enough members overall.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-18553/iso-records-a-no-vote-on-ooxml
> 
> They've rejected fast tracking the *ahem* standard. It's still on, but now
> it has to go through normal channels with a regular debate.

Yes, as well as about 10,000 comments to address (by fixing it all). Now that
we know who was bribed and which people in Microsoft resorted to corruption,
we can finally turn our attention to them (instead of working hard towards the
Sept. 2nd deadline).

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