Robin Laing wrote:
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On top of this, there is supposed to be about a year of writing and
amending the standard until it is ready. One site I read today asked if
Office 2007 will actually follow the standard once it is finalized?
Indeed. ECMA have yet to issue the final spec that is the result of
February's BRM and what the NBs were actually voting on!
Microsoft do not currently even support ECMA-376 which is the original
version of DIS29500, i.e. before the BRM edits. So they definitely do
not support DIS29500.
There is a BIG caveat on the ISO press release today:
"Subject to there being no formal appeals from ISO/IEC national bodies
in the next two months, the International Standard will accordingly
proceed to publication."
This might be their "get out of jail" clause...
However, you are right in that it will probably take about a year before
there is a formally approved and finalised text for IS29500.
Microsoft have NEVER said they will support/implement it because the
standard is "now under ISO's control" and not theirs. Brian Jones has
said before that they cannot commit to blindly supporting ISO's spec. It
might go in directions they do not wish to follow - or words to that effect.
This is a very long road and one which I honestly believe Microsoft will
ultimately regret having taken...
Al
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