On 10/27/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > MS makes a "defacto" standard. It is not recognized as a standard. > It has not been submitted to any standards organization. It is not a > standard. ODF is being submitted to ISO, the same people that do the > ISO9000 standardization.
Defacto standard is really the only one that matters. If a law is on the books, but never enforced, it's not really a law. Just because some self-appointed body of "experts" says "Hey this thing is a standard!" - if it's never used, it's not really a standard. But, if 95% or more of people use a certain thing a certain way, then that's pretty much standardized. -Chad Smith
