Despite alleged voting irregularities, Microsoft's OpenXML format for office documents seems on its way to standardization.
Read more »The France Shift From No to Abstain -- HP helped Microsoft France do it
ere's the scoop from Les Echos.fr on France's sudden change from its No vote to Abstain. Microsoft France's President Eric Boustouller sent AFNOR a letter [PDF] in French, of course. He tells a tale about OOXML and ODF progressing side by side and how if OOXML is approved, a group will be working hard to make the two more interoperable. Attached was a an HP statement of support for OOXML.
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OOXML about to pass? Incredible irregularities reported
It's all over the news today that OOXML will probably be approved as an ISO standard this week. Plenty of links to the coverage in this discussion on Slashdot. As is now common with OOXML, there are also reports of hair-raising irregularities in the voting processes of various countries.
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Formal Protest Filed Asking that Norway's Vote Be Annulled & KEI Statement
The uproar over OOXML just won't quit. There has now been a formal protest filed, stating that due to irregularities, Norway's Yes vote should be changed to No and informing ISO that there has been a request for an investigation by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry:
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How the Philippines Changed Its OOXML Vote from No to Yes - Updated: ISO Press Release
The Manila Bulletin Online tells us how the Philippines changed its No vote on OOXML to Yes. Once again there is an indication that when no consensus was reached, the chairman decided to make it Yes. That blatantly happened in Norway, and I can't help but want more details about the Philippines.
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Analysis: ISO vote is only first step for Open XML
The apparent International Organization for Standardization vote to approve Microsoft's Office Open XML document format as an international standard is just the start of a likely lengthy adoption and implementation process, according to critics and supporters of the specifications.
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ODF accepted as Croatian national standard
Today, after a four hour meeting, Croatian CSI accepted ODF as a national standard.
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OOXML results in, but ISO delays announcement
The result from a vote on whether the Microsoft-built Office Open XML file format will become an international standard won't be revealed until Wednesday.
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Would Only a Perverted Web Consortium Accept Software Patents in the Specs?
“We’re disheartened because Microsoft helped W3C develop the very standards that they’ve failed to implement in their browser. We’re also dismayed to see Microsoft continue adding proprietary extensions to these standards when support for the essentials remains unfinished.”
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British Standards Institute (BSI) Under Fire After Possible ‘Inside Job’
It has been just over a month since we started to spot irregularities in the BSI’s handling of the process and even claimed that it had been corrupted. This was a long time before anyone even knew about an unexplained flip of vote, which was by no means justified.
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Reversing Loss, Microsoft Wins Open-Format Designation
Microsoft has won an international standards designation for its open-document format, according to voting results obtained Tuesday, apparently ending a divisive yearlong battle with software rivals before a global standards-setting organization.
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And now the appeals and reactions while OOXML sits on hold
Now that OOXML has been shoved through, (and if you are new to the story, here's a very complete and succinct history of what happened by James Hogarth on Tideway), we find it cut and bleeding on the other side. What about appeals of the travesty?
Read more »ISO Rubber Stamp for OOXML? Not So Fast (Track)
The story is not over yet and with various ongoing investigations, antitrust concerns and enormous scrutiny, this battle won’t be an easy one for Microsoft. Over at Groklaw, it’s even stated that OOXML “sits on hold”.
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The Confessions of a Microsoft Lobbyist in ECMA
As obligatory background about Jan van den Beld consider the following:
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Whatever Happened to Standards?
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has always been one of those iconic central points of reference in British life – a kind of Big Ben for standards. But it's a little hard to square that image – perhaps hopelessly outdated – with the BSI's recent decision to vote in favour of Microsoft's OOXML document standard.
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