patvdv
5th September 2007, 16:06
The International Standards Organization (ISO) yesterday voted against Microsoft's OOXML on becoming an internationally accepted document standard:
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-18553/iso-records-a-no-vote-on-ooxml
I think this is a limited but significant victory for the supporters of truly open standards (such as ODF).
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-18553/iso-records-a-no-vote-on-ooxml
I think this is a limited but significant victory for the supporters of truly open standards (such as ODF).