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Article: Microsoft accused of OpenXML vote-rigging.(Brief article)
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- Personal Computer World
- Article date:
- August 9, 2007
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Byline: Clive Akass
Microsoft accused of OpenXML vote-rigging
MicrosoftA-s battle to get its new Office formats endorsed as a global standard has turned nasty, with accusations that it packed key committees with its supporters.
National standards organisations are being asked to vote on whether the OpenXML formats introduced with Office 2007 should be fast-tracked by the International Standards Organisation.
A different Open Document Format (ODF), backed by IBM and Sun, has already been adopted, but there is nothing to stop ISO having two standards. Microsoft stands to lose lucrative government contracts if OpenXML is not endorsed.
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