Results of ISO vote on Open XML expected Wednesday

The International Organization for Standardization is expected to announce the results of an Open XML vote on Wednesday.

Representatives from 87 countries had until Saturday night to submit their votes on whether the Office Open XML (OOXML) file formats should be certified as ISO standards.

The final tally was expected to be communicated on Monday. But a spokesperson for the ISO told Reuters that it will issue a press release on Wednesday to notify member countries first.

Tallies of official and unofficial sources by two Web sites--one run by standards expert and ODF advocate Andrew Updegrove and the other by open-source advocates at Open Malaysia--indicated that Open XML is expected to be approved.

Microsoft on Monday issued a statement saying that it will not comment on the matter until Wednesday "out of respect for the standards process."

[shaft350x]

Respect?

So now they "respect" the process? Only after they've paid off members and ruined it, now that they've made it play their way, now they'll respect it.

[Arrgster]

how about the important info

Formal Protest Filed Asking that Norway's Vote Be Annulled & KEI Statement

or

OOXML Vote: Irregularities in Germany & Croatia and a Call for an Investigation of Norway

Seems MS has been buying people off and breaking all the rules to get this passed.

If they pass this standard I will have no respect for the ISO from that point on.

You guys should read groklaw

[catch23]

You shouldn't to start with

Have any respect for the ISO, and stop only blaming MS

Google, Sun, IBM all gamed the system hard.
Why? For the money it will bring their way.

The whole system is degraded into a shame; folks twisting the rules to line their pockets.
It is pathetic you only hold MS responsible.

[cmwendy]

They have been reading Groklaw

Mr laMonica has been. A report was in his last posting.

But, you know, Groklaw is not a news outlet. And, to be frank, that's been my problem about Groklaw and the reporting dervied from it in the first place - who pays for it; how is it funded, does PJ actually write everything; what's Armonk's involvement? No one really knows, but yet it's reported like its news.

You may agree with it, but that doesn't make it true.

[Commander_Spock]

Why Worry! AIRBUS 380 (like the CONCORDE) and the Market Forces...

... will give the directions that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) could not give with respect to what "standards" should really be (or be the "EQUIVALENT" to. Remember; "The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating" Do ya all remember what was said of the "TITANIC" ;-) !

[jtjt145]

Serious Vote Rigging By MicroSoft

Never in the history of ISO has anyone company so desperately tried (and possibly succeeded) to buy itself an international standard.

Ignoring serious flaws in the Microsoft proposed new document standard (disability to handle leap years, abundance of inconsistencies, open to implement by Microsoft only, giving the misnomer of 'Openness' another dimension, etc. etc.), the international ISO process has succumbed to the onslaught of Microsoft, one might say. A sad day indeed.

Shame on Microsoft! You ask why? Because they intend to milk the cash-cow even more brutally than before.

A sad day for standards: If anyone just rich enough can buy their standards, standards get meaningless for the rest of the world.

A sad day for the America ISO administration, for seeing a need to support a monopolistic company like Microsoft.

But, don't be confused, the world does take notice!
The changes will be subtle at first - in the end it will be an avalanche.

Several governments have already decided against their standard.

Microsoft thy day is coming!

[Commander_Spock]

You May Have Forgotten!

From your listing; Re: "Ignoring serious flaws in the Microsoft proposed new document standard (disability to handle leap years, abundance of inconsistencies, open to implement by Microsoft only, giving the misnomer of 'Openness' another dimension, etc. etc.), the international ISO process has succumbed to the onslaught of Microsoft, one might say. A sad day indeed...."; that, Microsoft's (with its EXCEL's "ERR" ACHILLES HEEL) is still a "Work-in-Progress". Thus, how can unfinished work be a *standard*. LOL!

[mwendy]

Serious vote rigging by Armonk?

You mean to say that, right? Y'all have thinner skin han most EC commissioners.

[Commander_Spock]

This Should Be Called - The Tyranny Of The Minority.... :-D

Redmond Campus et al Against The Rest Of The World. :-D !

Read the subject line.

[ralfthedog]

Warning should be displayed when opening or saving OOOOOOXML file.

This you are choosing to (Open or save) a file in a defective format. Do you wish to proceed?