ISO votes against fast tracking Microsoft's Office Open XML (ars technica)

It appears that Microsoft's bid to have its Open XML file format fast-tracked has failed, perhaps surprisingly given the alleged voting irregularities. ars technica reports on the vote. "With the vote going against Microsoft, the proposed standard for OOXML will have to revised in order to take into account the 'with comments' votes. This could entail changes to the file format itself, which would then require updates to Office 2007 in order to make it fully compliant with any revisions to the OOXML format. There will be a week-long Ballot Resolution Meeting held in February or March of 2008 where further work on the standard will take place. Another vote on OOXML will then be held at the end of the meeting."

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