Microsoft employee offered incentives for OOXML support

Microsoft employee offered incentives for OOXML support
Microsoft admitted Wednesday that an employee at its Swedish subsidiary offered monetary compensation to partners for voting in favour of the Office Open XML document format’s approval as an ISO standard.

Schwedisches Normungsinstitut erklrt OpenXML-Abstimmung fr ungltig

Schwedisches Normungsinstitut erklrt OpenXML-Abstimmung fr ungltig
Das schwedische Normungsinstitut Swedish Standards Institute ( ) hat seine Entscheidung fr eine des Microsoft-Formats OpenXML (OOXML) als ISO-Standard zurckgenommen. Der zustndigen Arbeitsgruppe liegen laut (PDF-Datei) Informationen darber vor dass ein Mitglied mehr als eine Stimme angeworben habe.

Microsoft pressed partners in Sweden to vote for OOXML

Microsoft pressed partners in Sweden to vote for OOXML
Extra “marketing contributions” to encourage partners to vote for the adoption of Microsoft’s Office Open XML format as a standard

Linux Foundation Urges ‘No’ Vote On Microsoft’s Open XML Format

Linux Foundation Urges ‘No’ Vote On Microsoft’s Open XML Format
The Linux Foundation on Wednesday has come out against ISO/IEC member countries adopting Microsoft’s Open XML as a document standard. The voting is currently underway around the world with the outcom…

Open XML format: Vote yes to uphold free trade

Open XML format: Vote yes to uphold free trade
A document format is a set of technical specifications supporting its respective productivity software. As an independent analyst I would like to explain in laymans terms why the government should support the adoption of the Open XML format (used for Microsoft Office software) as an ISO standard.

Blog: Door closed on Open XML, IFA underway - New Zealand Herald

Blog: Door closed on Open XML, IFA underway - New Zealand Herald
CNET News.comBlog: Door closed on Open XML, IFA underwayNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 3 hours agoStandards New Zealand has just voted ‘no’ to validating in its current form as an international standard the Open XML format Microsoft created. …Linux Foundation Urges ‘No’ Vote On Microsoft’s Open XML Format InformationWeekTake ‘Office’ Politics Global Wall Street JournalMicrosoft’s Open XML Format Elicits Scowls from Critics CMSWireComputerworld - New Zealand Heraldall 71 news articles

U.S. Will Likely Vote Yes on OOXML

U.S. Will Likely Vote Yes on OOXML
After looking questionable earlier this summer Microsoft will likely get the U.S.’s vote on its pitch to make Office Open XML (OOXML) an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard. Meanwhile the cut-off date for the final vote tally as to whether it will become a recognized ISO standard looms this coming Sunday Sept.

Microsoft stands firm on OOXML standardization

Microsoft stands firm on OOXML standardization
OSIA) over its ambition to have the Office Open XML (Open XML or OOXML) format accepted as an international (ISO) standard Microsoft’s group product manager for Microsoft Office Gray Knowlton spoke with Computerworld about why the world needs two standard document formats. What advantages does OOXML have over Open Document Format (ODF) that warrant its inclusion as an ISO standard? Open XML and ODF are designed with different goals in mind.

Retired Ecma chief expects Open XML’s approval by March

Retired Ecma chief expects Open XML’s approval by March
Give me any standard and I bet you I can find an error ” said Jan Van Den Beld who retired in April after 16 years running Geneva-based Ecma in a telephone interview on Monday with Computerworld. Ecma is shepherding Open XML the default format used by Office 2007 documents through ISO’s traditionally difficult approval process.

Brazil to vote against Open XML (Linux World Australia)

Brazil to vote against Open XML (Linux World Australia)
The Brazilian organization in charge of technical standards has decided to vote “no, with conditions” to Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format during an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) meeting on Sunday.

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