World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft's Open XML
C|Net | at | by Mike
There 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 philosophical disputes.
Microsoft is in the process of trying to gain standard status at the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, a European standards body which holds significant weight, particularly with government customers.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) established a special committee to form the position of the United States in that upcoming ISO vote.