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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>United States Votes to Approve Open XML</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonmatusow/archive/2008/03/14/united-states-votes-to-approve-open-xml.aspx</link><description>The United States national body has voted to approve DIS 29500 with 11 votes "yes," 4 votes "no," 1 "abstain," and 1 "not yet". The 2/3 super-majority requirement was met. The next step for them is a resolution meeting later this month.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>re: United States Votes to Approve Open XML</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonmatusow/archive/2008/03/14/united-states-votes-to-approve-open-xml.aspx#8325513</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:41:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8325513</guid><dc:creator>viktor</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;@ orlando:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dropping Microsoft still makes 2/3 majority - if you drop Microsoft from the numerator, drop it from the denominator as well! QED&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8325513" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: United States Votes to Approve Open XML</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonmatusow/archive/2008/03/14/united-states-votes-to-approve-open-xml.aspx#8209864</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:02:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8209864</guid><dc:creator>orlando</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;% of Yes Votes needed to pass = 66.66%&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* of Yes Votes obtained ( including Microsoft ) = %68.75&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* of Yes Votes obtained ( excluding Microsoft ) = %62.50&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Detail:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NO + NOT YET:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/13/2008 00:00:00 	Adobe Systems 		 &amp;nbsp; [1]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/12/2008 00:00:00 	Farance, Incorporated 	 &amp;nbsp; [2] &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/13/2008 00:00:00 	IBM Corp 		 &amp;nbsp; [3]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/13/2008 00:00:00 	Oracle 		 &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; [4]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/07/2008 00:00:00 	Intel 				&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ABSTAIN&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/13/2008 00:00:00 	IEEE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;YES:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;--------------agencies block------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/12/2008 00:00:00 	Department of Homeland Security&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/13/2008 00:00:00 	NIST&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/13/2008 00:00:00 	US Department of Defense&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/10/2008 00:00:00 	GS1 US&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;----------------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/09/2008 00:00:00 	Microsoft&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/10/2008 00:00:00 	Sony Electronics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/12/2008 00:00:00 	Hewlett Packard Co&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/12/2008 00:00:00 	Apple Inc			&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/09/2008 00:00:00 	Lexmark International&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/10/2008 00:00:00 	Electronic Industries Alliance &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;03/07/2008 00:00:00 	EMC&lt;/p&gt;
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