[odf-discuss] procedure at ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting

[Peter Vandenabeele]

On 9/11/07, Ian Lynch <ian.lynch at zmsl.com> wrote:
[... ISO ...]
> I wonder if this outcome influenced IBM's decision to join the OOo
> community. Timing certainly seems coincidental.

This article:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/10/IBM-throws-weight-behind-OpenOffice-dot-org-project_1.html

very explicitly states that the relationship:

  "...  Heintzman acknowledged that the International Organization for
Standardization's
   (ISO's) recent vote to reject Microsoft's Open XML file format as a
technology standard
   was one reason IBM decided to join the effort. ..."

Peter