Not so fast.
by T. Colin Dodd
Groklaw - Expect a 2nd Official Complaint — Against UK’s OOXML Vote
The ISO has yet to put out an official announcement, but that article leaks the “news” that OOXML has “passed” and Microsoft, which yesterday said it wouldn’t saying anything until OSI did “out of respect for the standards process” today put out a confirmation statement (”there is overwhelming support for OOXML”) anyway. I wouldn’t say overwhelming support, exactly. Some would call it overwhelmingly appalling. Michael Leenaars of OpenDoc Society says “This must be one of the worst results ever for a standard to pass within ISO/JTC1 in years.”
Oh, and the man who more than anyone seems to have made it happen would prefer that we not hate him for it. Or I think that’s what his list is saying. Here’s the question I’d like to ask Patrick Durusau: did Microsoft make any threats that unless you supported OOXML they’d fight against the next version of ODF but that if you’d scratch their back, they’d scratch yours? If so, you should tell someone. Like the EU Commission, for instance.
