Today, the US INCITS voted to approve the Open Office XML document format specification for fast-track approval to the ISO.
Office Open XML
Hurray for Ecma TC46
Ecma international is probably the only progressive standards body out there.
Thanks to them we have Ecma 376, currently submitted to the ISO for certification as a standard, and now, TC46.
TC46, full name TC46- XPS Technical Committee, is a technical committee just formed to develop a standard based on Microsoft's XML Paper Specification.
About time, Microsoft!
I am pleased that Microsoft is pursuing a standards-based certification for this excellent product; excellent even in this first iteration.
As usual, those that cannot, whine! They are miffed that their input was either not solicited, nor required for Ecma 376 (Open Office XML), and might not be for TC46.
I understand.
Dudes, you have been outed as being irrelevant to these processes.
Just go away already.
Sutor, Updegrove, you know who I'm talking about!
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