OOXML passed (officially now), but it’s not over yet.
by Ruth Suehle
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1123 (ISO press release)
ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology – Office Open XML file formats, has received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC International Standard.
But the challenges are probably on their way.
Microsoft’s director of corporate standards, Jason Matusow, wrote in a blog on Tuesday that challenges to the overall process will likely come. The source? IBM.
Now there’s a two-month period for the national bodies to lodge their complaints. Scroll to the bottom of The Australian’s article for the vote breakdown by country.
