OpenXML Debate Intensifies as Critical Vote Looms


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ADVERTISEMENTPartisans raise barricades for pitched battles over whether Microsoft's OpenXML has changed enough for ratification.

The war of words between Microsoft, IBM and others with an interest in document formats has reached a boiling point ahead of the crucial vote later this month on whether or not Microsoft’s Office Open XML format should be approved as an ISO standard.
The format failed to achieve the two-thirds vote needed for approval as an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization in September.

That was followed by a ballot resolution meeting in Geneva this February, designed to find consensus on modifications to the document in light of the comments made by the national bodies that voted.

Saludos, GAby Menta