Final deadline looms in OOXML vote
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| Lobbying has intensified ahead of Saturday, 29 March, the deadline for
| Microsoft to convince the world that its Office Open XML specification should
| be accepted as a formal standard.
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| The specification is still short of the two-thirds majority required in a
| vote of national standards bodies on whether to approve Office Open XML
| (OOXML) as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39373617,00.htm
It's claimed that Microsoft's Gold-certified/stacked panel in the UK (BSI) has
changed its decision without stating a reason. Therein you might have another
story of corruption. They added Microsoft partners (stuffing) after September.
Related:
The BSI Has Been Corrupted by Microsoft — Another Chink in ISO’s armor
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| Britain will be essentially represented by a Microsoft Gold Certified
| Partner, having rejected OOXML several months ago. This apparently comes
| after a reappointment.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/15/bsi-sends-microsoft-partner/
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