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  • UK leaves OOXML vote on a knife-edge

    After voting against Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) becoming an International standard last time around the UK seems on the brink of changing its mind.

  • UK open-sourcers beg to differ on OOXML result

    The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format.

  • British remain tight-lipped on OOXML vote

    The British Standards Institution has sent its response to the International Organization for Standardization on the subject of whether Microsoft Office Open XML should be certified with the ISO, but has refused to say whether it voted "yes", "no", or "abstain".

  • Microsoft's OOXML bid: No knowledge, no regrets

    Microsoft admits it had no knowledge of software standards until deep into its bid to get Office Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standardization -- but there are no regrets over its tactics during the process.

  • OOXML to harmonise with ODF?

    The ISO has taken over control of the OOXML specification and started a committee to consider harmonisation with the OpenDocument Format (ODF).

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