The INCITS executive board in the US has passed a motion to vote "Yes with comments" on DIS 29500, Office Open XML. Voting details can be found here.
"OOXML Fails to Gain Approval in US" "OOXML Approval Vote Fails in INCITS"
Rob Weir: Sore loser.
I don't understand Dewey and Truman, but congratulations Dough!
Carlos, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman
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I love the Truman comparison! :)
You know that what you are doing is wrong. So why does Microsoft play these ruthless games?
Doug, just what is "Farance, Incorporated" entity? I cannot google up *anything* about it that is not related to voting "no" on OOXML standartization.
"Doug, just what is "Farance, Incorporated" entity? I cannot google up *anything* about it that is not related to voting "no" on OOXML standartization."
why don't you try the obvious?
http://farance.com/
By the way, Farance is a serious and ethic company with more than 25 years of background in standardization. So his comments about this process are worth reading:
http://ballot.itic.org/itic/tallyvote.taf?function=detail&response_id=115320
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It's been quite a year for those who have been blogging about the Open XML file formats. Here's a look
An article in Computerworld yesterday entitled "ISO officials, others dispute claims that Open XML meeting
An article in Computerworld yesterday entitled "ISO officials, others dispute claims that Open XML