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Story: Expert: Open XML loses standards battleTotal Replies: 1
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salparadise

Sep 04, 2007
7:08 AM EDT
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070

A ballot on whether to publish the draft standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology – Office Open XML file formats, as an International Standard by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has not achieved the required number of votes for approval.
hkwint

Sep 05, 2007
2:03 AM EDT
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/92063/index.html

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