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Star/OpenOffice XML Format To Become ISO Standard?

Posted by Hemos on from the good-news-if-true dept.

Emil Brink writes "According to this entry in XML spec co-author Tim Bray's excellent blog, the European Commission has formally asked Sun to make the XML file format used in OpenOffice.org into a true ISO standard. Hopefully this will cut down on vendor lock-in and lure people from using Microsoft Office. "

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  1. Re:Why would this lure them away? by Aceto3for5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Pricetag(tm) and Microsoft HardToOpenBox (tm). Those kinda features.