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Story: Microsoft's OOXML limps through ISO meeting

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Standardization by Corporation

That ISO credibility teeters on the brink of corporate vendor takeover is hardly something new. This was a theme of Martin Bryan’s recent fairwell report as chairman of the ISO CS34 WG1. His memorable phrase, standardization by corporation, is a warning to the world that ISO has been compromised.

Closing down the Ecma fast track and OASIS PAS channels will go along way towards limiting the undue influence corporate vendors now have on determining international standards. That they use this influence to limit interoperability at the expense of application and system specific vendor innovation is an allegation the vendors will no doubt contest with great vigor exactly because it goes to the heart of the matter; vendors use ISO standardization as cover for the vendor controlled work that takes place at Ecma and OASIS consortia.

The proof is in the pudding. ISO standards are all about interoperability, so show us the

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