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OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog An official announcement is awaited, but it seems certain now that Microsoft's OOXML specification has made its way through the ISO fasttrack process, albeit with many serious concerns over the way in which the voting unfolded.
[March 30, 2008, 11:48]
ISO's OOXML committee in ODF takeover bid?
Blog It's all a bit opaque, but the OOXML standard from Microsoft is maintained by a committee set up by ISO/IEC.called SC34. This is the group tasked with fixing flaws in OOXML, that remained following the Ballot Resolution Meeting, despite OOXML's...
[October 5, 2008, 22:36]
ISO rejects Microsoft OOXML
News The software giant's bid to push Office Open XML (OOXML) through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) fast-track process has suffered a serious setback, as OOXML failed to receive enough votes to gain approval, the ISO...
[September 5, 2007, 13:32]
OOXML standard will tarnish ISO
Blog Given all that, why do I think ISO will rubber-stamp the unfinished and controversial standard, OOXML? Some countries may have changed their votes since the last meeting, and forgotten to mention it, but the consensus amongst OOXML watchers is that...
[March 31, 2008, 9:27]
ISO rejects national bodies' appeals against OOXML
News OOXML, more technically known as DIS 29500, will now proceed to publication as an ISO/IEC standard within the next few weeks, according to the statement, but only "subject to no further appeals against the decision".
[August 18, 2008, 14:18]
ISO may change its processes following OOXML debacle
Blog As OOXML has now been ratified, would it be fair to say that ISO had its hands tied by its own processes, in that SC34 had to accept the votes of the National Bodies? I asked the ISO spokesperson whether Microsoft's actions, which included...
[April 18, 2008, 17:44]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment But then again Kenia produced some clear IBM anti-ooxml influences earlier in the standardization proces. The Venezuela national body behaviour is very unusual and in ISO terms almost unheared of. To change from an approval vote to an disapproval...
[March 30, 2008, 14:56]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment bobby_the_poster seems to be suggesting that the ISO approval process was normal, or close to normal, in the OOXML approval process. ISO has violated WTO rules accepting ms-ooxml as possible standard.
[March 30, 2008, 16:39]
OOXML: ISO says 'No' for now
Blog According to ISO, the OOXML specification received 53 percent positive votes, while it failed narrowly with the negative votes, receiving 26 percent. Microsoft Office Open XML has failed to gain enough votes to become an ISO standard, according to...
[September 5, 2007, 10:18]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment bobby_the_poster seems to be suggesting that the ISO approval process was normal, or close to normal, in the OOXML approval process. ISO has violated WTO rules accepting ms-ooxml as possible standard.
[March 30, 2008, 16:52]
Google welcomes ISO decision on OOXML
Blog Search and advertising giant Google has welcomed the ISO decision to not approve the fast track of Office Open XML (OOXML) proposed standard DIS 29500 (ECMA 376) at this time. Our engineers conducted an independent analysis of the OOXML...
[September 18, 2007, 17:16]
Brazil appeals ISO ratification of OOXML
News In a letter to ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Thursday, Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT), the ISO national body representing Brazil, filed an appeal against the approval of Office Open XML (OOXML) as an International...
[May 30, 2008, 15:03]
ISO rejects Microsoft OOXML
Talkback I would expect, that by February, enough money will be paid, or enough threats made, for OOXML to become an open, proprietary standard. It is not Microsoft''s behavior to not get it's way.
[September 6, 2007, 14:08]
OOXML officially an ISO standard!
Blog Comment I expect the next vote will be to replace ODF with OOXML so we can truly have a standard.
[April 2, 2008, 0:12]
ISO says no to OOXML appeals
Blog OOXML is now an ISO standard - or at least it will be when it finally gets published "within the next few weeks on completion of final processing of the document, and subject to no further appeals against the decision".
[August 16, 2008, 14:15]
ISO's OOXML committee in ODF takeover bid?
Blog Comment I thought I had heard it all, but this takes the cake. Causes one to wonder to what depth will Microsoft sink to have their way?
[October 6, 2008, 5:24]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment Irregularities have been reported just about anywhere a national body, or anybody else for that matter, has voiced support for OpenXML. Some members of the technology community are so emotionally committed to their own point of view that they...
[March 30, 2008, 14:52]
ISO's OOXML committee in ODF takeover bid?
Blog Comment This can only be described as bizarre. But beware, it seems to me that it is the most bizarre things which actually do come to pass, especially when you are talking about bloated, opaque, byzantine bureaucracies.
[October 6, 2008, 8:49]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Comment And for those whose attitude is based solely on what "religion" or which "team" they follow, have a look at the table in this blog for a clear, simple example of OOXML deficiencies laid bare.http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/03/disharmony-of-ooxml...
[March 31, 2008, 0:42]
Brazil appeals ISO ratification of OOXML
Talkback Enough money, or promises will be made to overcome the deficiencies of OOXML to remove it from the standard list. I doubt Brazil, or South Africa's protests will cause the iSO to revise their decision.
[June 2, 2008, 13:51]
