reality check

I find this view to be rather naive.

Microsoft has no problem navigating the world of international standards and patents.  It has
an army of lawyers and it knows exactly what it's doing.

Moreover, contrary to your worldview, the U.S. routinely ignores WTO rulings and strong-arms
international bodies (like the U.N.) and the trend for this behavior is on the *increase*.

Microsoft only gains credibility and wider adoption by having OOXML as an ISO standard.  It
sacrifices very little (some bureaucratic effort and the publication of some portion of its
file formats) and retains all of its other powers and benefits as an international corporate
behemoth (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, proprietary binary blobs, DRM,
etc.).  

I'm afraid we see the situation quite differently.