The Final OOXML Update: Part II

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Oct 17, 2009 5:53 AM EDT
An Antic Disposition ; By Rob Weir
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In Part I of this OOXML update, my first post on the topic in over a year, I showed you how Microsoft maintains strong control over the OOXML standard. Despite their earlier promises that control of OOXML would be handed over to an independent, international committee, a look at attendance records reveals that the committee that maintains OOXML (JTC1/SC34/WG4) consists mainly of Microsoft employees, who outnumber any other company or organization on the committee 10-to-1.

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