[A2k] Re: [Ecommerce] Microsoft loses key vote for Open XML

Wed Aug 22 05:35:01 2007

Thiru,

  Well glad to see that this microsoft desired standard
was voted down.  I am a bit surprised to see IEEE abstaining.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Thiru Balasubramaniam <thiru@keionline.org>
>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 11:23 AM
>To: a2k@lists.essential.org, ecommerce@lists.essential.org
>Subject: [Ecommerce] Microsoft loses key vote for Open XML
>
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>
>The vote was split along familiar lines; Intel, HP, EMC and Apple voted
>in favour of OOXML, while Sun's allies, such as Oracle and IBM, lined
>up against it. Sun had no vote.
>
>US government bodies were split, with the US Department for Homeland
>Security backing Microsoft and the US Department of Defense voting
>against. IEEE, a large international standards body, abstained.
>
>
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>
>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/zdnet/20070813/ttc-microsoft-loses-key-vote-
>for-open-xm-20a87fa_1.html?printer=1
>Microsoft loses key vote for Open XML
>
>By ZDnet
>ZDnet - Monday, August 13 03:46 pm
>
>Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for
>Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a
>standard of the International Committee for Information Technology
>Standards.
>
>Acceptance by the International Committee for Information Technology
>Standards (INCITS) is critical for Microsoft in the US. The software
>company has already gained approval in principle from the International
>Organization for Standardization (ISO), but it needs INCITS approval to
>keep up the momentum.
>
>It failed to gain acceptance for Office Open XML (OOXML) on Thursday by
>the slimmest of margins. Eight votes were cast in favour, with seven
>against and one abstention, one vote short of the nine votes needed.
>
>The result is the latest setback for Microsoft in its long-running
>battle to see its Open XML approved as an open standard for office
>documents on equal terms with OpenDocument Format (ODF).
>
>The discussions within INCITS have been controversial. Last month,
>questions were raised over the membership of the crucial V1 technical
>sub-group of INCITS when it emerged that the group had ballooned from
>seven voting members at the start of the year to 26.
>
>The vote was split along familiar lines; Intel, HP, EMC and Apple voted
>in favour of OOXML, while Sun's allies, such as Oracle and IBM, lined
>up against it. Sun had no vote.
>
>US government bodies were split, with the US Department for Homeland
>Security backing Microsoft and the US Department of Defense voting
>against. IEEE, a large international standards body, abstained.
>
>INCITS now has until 2 September to make its final decision as to
>whether it will support Office Open XML.
>
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