ISO will put Open XML on fast track unchanged
According to this on the amazing Grolaw, quoting this piece on Computer World
The International Standards Organization (ISO) agreed Saturday to put Open XML, the document format created and championed by Microsoft Corp., on a fast-track approval process that could see Open XML ratified as an international standard by August.
At the time of posting, this appears to have been decided by one individual in the secretariat of ISO’s Joint Technical Committee (JTC-1) on Information Technology.
Start here for previous Media Watch postings on the campaigning around this important and controversial topic. It could well be necessary to re-ignite the campaign - we will try to keep you posted.