On 05/09/07, Praveen Puthanveettil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear fellow members, > > Microsoft concedes defeat in getting their Open XML passed as standard with > ISO (International Organization for Standardization) > > India, France among those voted against. > > At last Peter Quinn, CIO of Massachusetts who had to quit under duress can > heave a sigh of relief. > > please google for details. > > Regards, > > Praveen P.P. >
Hi Praveen As I understand it, Microsoft won round one - to speed up the vote to ratify OOXML as an ISO, but lost the second vote, however there is a third vote - which is the important one. The ISO secretary has scheduled the Ballot resolution meeting for Feb. 2008 to make the final decision. We are not out of the woods yet... And on a more personal and somewhat bitter note, Apple has decided to support OOXML in their latest version of iwork, but not the odf. I wrote them a very bitter letter in their feedback form! If you feel like yelling at them to, then let me know and I shall give you the feedback link :) Dan -- _____________________________________________________________ " They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790
