The world awaits crucial votes on Microsoft’s Open XML - CNet News.com Blog

The world awaits crucial votes on Microsoft’s Open XML - CNet News.com Blog
The world awaits crucial votes on Microsoft’s Open XMLCNet News.com Blog - 14 hours agoThere are two upcoming votes on the fate of Microsoft’s Office Open XML, a document format that has brought about bare-knuckle business tactics and fierce …

World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft’s Open XML (CNET)

World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft’s Open XML (CNET)
Blog: Does it make sense to have multiple document standards? Upcoming votes consider this and other technical factors.

- Open XML recovers from brief setback to ISO approval

- Open XML recovers from brief setback to ISO approval
Microsoft’s quest to have Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as a global technology standard seems to have recovered from a setback it suffered a week ago as both sides of the Open XML-ODF debate shore up arguments as the final vote to approve Open XML nears. The executive committee for the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) which represents U.S.