4 Apr 2008

OOXML: Canada SAYS what everyone else thinks

Wow. Damming, direct and demeaning… ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML Fast Track Canadian Final Position Statement Canada has carefully reviewed the results of the ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML Fast Track Ballot Resolution Meeting and determined after detailed analysis... (posted on 4 Apr 2008 by The Open Sourcerer)

2 Apr 2008

OOXML Is Now An Official Standard

OOXML is an ISO approved standard (press release). Microsoft has also released a public statement acknowledging the approval. All this after an initial rejection and admist a mesh of irregularities. I have been critical of two standards. But this... (posted on 2 Apr 2008 by iface thoughts)

1 Apr 2008

OOXML Approval Reported to have Passed

Open Malaysia has posted a final update of their vote registry, based upon an email from the OpenDoc Society to which is attached what they say are the final numbers on the OOXML vote.  The document looks authentic, and I should have an independent... (posted on 1 Apr 2008 by Standards Blog)

1 Apr 2008

OOXML (DIS29500) Result: Approved

It’s been leaked… ISO is furthermore an irrelevance in technology standardisation. Bookmark it! (posted on 1 Apr 2008 by The Open Sourcerer)

31 Mar 2008

The Results of the Vote

After many allegations of corruption, vote rigging, ballot stuffing and rule changing the votes have been cast and all that remains is the counting. The official results are arriving in dribs and drabs, prompting more suspicions of irregularities. It... (posted on 31 Mar 2008 by The Open Sourcerer)

31 Mar 2008

OOXML Woes Continue as Norway Files Protest with ISO Relating to its Own Vote

One of the things that most of us learn at our mother's knee is that you shouldn't rush things.  If you do, you'll make silly mistakes.  Mothers also tend to tell their children to play by the rules, but some apparently listen better than others to that... (posted on 31 Mar 2008 by Standards Blog)

31 Mar 2008

OOXML probably passes at ISO (and Error'd)

It's IT Blogwatch: in which predictions are that the Microsoft-sponsored Office Open XML format has passed the ISO standards vote. Not to mention strange tooltips and other IT perversions... Steven Schwankert suggests: Balloting on whether Office Open... (posted on 31 Mar 2008 by IT Blogwatch)

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