[odf-discuss] Microsoft breaking its pledge to allow ISO oversight of OOXML

[Daniel]

Wouldn't this reduce OOXML's chances of becoming an ISO standard?



Christian Einfeldt wrote:
>  >From slashdot:
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> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/06/2129203
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> 640 Comments Are Enough for Anyone <http://www.dis29500.org/> writes 
> /"Microsoft is going back on one of their promises concerning OOXML 
> <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071206131310362>. While they 
> originally made assurances that the ISO would take control of the 
> standard if it were approved, Microsoft is now reversing that position 
> and keeping near-full control over OOXML with the EMCA. This is 
> significant because the EMCA is the group that originally rubber-stamped 
> OOXML. It seems unlikely that they will force changes to correct 
> problems with the standard. In Microsoft's new plan, the ISO would only 
> be allowed to publish lists of errata and would be unable to make OOXML 
> compatible with existing ISO standards, while the EMCA would be the one 
> to control any new versions of the standard."/
> 
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