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OOXML Denied INCITS V1 Approval

Posted by kdawson on from the stacking-it dept.

Xenographic writes "INCITS V1, the US group responsible for the US vote over whether or not ANSI will grant fast-track approval to Microsoft's OOXML format, failed to reach the 2/3 consensus required to recommend OOXML to ANSI. What makes this vote interesting is the graph in the article, showing all the new Microsoft business partners who joined INCITS just this year to vote for OOXML. The INCITS Executive Board will now deliberate further, until they can come to some agreement on what to recommend to ANSI, but it's pretty clear that Microsoft is pushing OOXML as hard as it can."

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  1. wha? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    IDK, my BFF Jill?

    1. Re:wha? by jack455 · · Score: 3, Funny

      it's also not eXtensible because they fail at desribing what it should do, it's not markup for the same reason. as ooxml it fails to be anything but OL. (I won't even make the argument that it's NOT open. Duh.)

  2. Approve. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any denial of approval for something involving XML is a morally good thing, in my book.

  3. You are applying for accreditation? Allow or Deny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    DENY