Unofficial counts indicate that OOXML will be approved by ISO because enough national standards bodies changed their vote. Andy Updegrove is keeping a running tally. I just got off the phone to the National Standards Authority of Ireland and, disappointingly, Ireland is among the countries that changed their vote from "disapprove" to "approve" (despite a Read more »
It’s now one month since the Geneva Ballot Resolution Meeting. There were complaints about the procedure, and these were refuted by the Convener Alex Brown, but I think it’s more important to focus on the substance. By Rob Weir’s count, only about 1.5% of problems were fixed at the Geneva meeting. India subbmitted it’s "disapprove" Read more »
I’m still being impressed by the quality of the reports of the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting that are appearing. When I read the blogs on Monday, I was worried because I thought Microsoft did a top-notch job of spinning it their way. It was only later when someone reminded me to search the mainstream tech Read more »
Rather than declaring victory, my previous blog entry should have said: we have another month of hard work ahead. It seems I missed the not-so-subtle difference between *really should* and *surely will*. I’ve even heard that it currently looks very realistic that OOXML will get final approval. In checking how I wrongly drew my "victory" Read more »
After a week of hard work from many sides, Andy Updegrove comments the result: OOXML failed to achieve majority approval at ISO’s Ballot Resolution Meeting. This means the problems found in the OOXML specification last September have not been resolved, making final rejection almost certain in 30 days time. [UPDATE: Oops. Rejection’s not at all Read more »