Re: [Hampshire] Office Open XML draft standard put on normal…

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Author: Peter Salisbury
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Office Open XML draft standard put on normal track
On Thursday 08 February 2007 15:37, Hugo Mills wrote:
>    You may recall the event a couple of weeks ago, where the UKUUG
> asked people to write to the British Standards Institute about the
> proposed ISO standard from MS for Office documents. Well, it
> appears that seven different ISO member countries objected[1],
> which means that the draft standard will be put on the normal
> standards-track process. This should allow plenty of time for the
> (serious) flaws in it to be dealt with -- with any luck, it'll get
> dropped completely.

>
>    Hugo.

>
> [1] http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37506


Thanks for the news Hugo - you've made my day!

Peter