Microsoft's OOXML victory claim was premature
By Maggie Holland,
"A broad variety of customers, technology providers, and governments around the globe have a stake in the standardisation and ongoing evolution of Open XML. These groups want to have a seat at the table when these decisions are being made and have joined national standards bodies around the world so their voices can be heard," Microsoft said in a statement sent to IT PRO in response to our request for comment on the issue.
"We reject the assertion that the document standards process should be closed to new voices and it's clear that those with an interest in Open XML do too."
Click here for IT PRO's feature looking into more detail about Microsoft's OOXML and the issue of standards.
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