OOMXL fails to get majority approval
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 certain] Groklaw has also just published an interview Sean Daly did with Andy there in Geneva before the result. In it, he explains the government-like privileged position ISO holds, why the ISO process coped badly, and why ICT standards are as important as the freedoms of free software.
One more thing to celebrate on Document Freedom Day this coming March 26th.
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Ciarán O’Riordan,
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