What did the ISO and the IEC say to the anti-OOXML crowd?
“Go away, losers.”
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OOXML: Rumors, innuendos, and outright lies!
When you tell a lie often enough, it takes on a patina of truth each time it is uttered, and after a while, it starts to sound like the truth.
Rumors of underhanded tactics, skullduggery, and outright bribery have been heaped on Microsoft since the win.
Microsoft has largely remained silent, in my opinion, allowing these rumors to fester.
In the just-concluded, successful standardization process for ISO 29500, aka OOXML, a lot of ink has been spent by the opposition to OOXML in trying to discredit Microsoft and the standardization process.
Technorati Tags: Microsoft Office,OOXML,DIS29500,ISO29500,ECMA,Doug Mahugh,Jason Matusow,John Obeto,AbsoluteVista.com,SmallBizVista.com,LogikworxSome Good news on the OOXML front
Today, the US INCITS voted to approve the Open Office XML document format specification for fast-track approval to the ISO.
