If this were any other JTC1 Proposal, the OOXML Vote Would be Over Now

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Sep 3, 2007 7:35 PM EDT
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Public announcements of how P members of ISO have voted on OOXML are now rolling in one at a time, and the trend thus far is meaningfully weighted towards "No with comments." If this was a month ago, that would already be enough to block approval. Here's why.

By my count, there are now four announced Yes votes, with comments, two abstentions, and seven public No with comments votes. Korea has reportedly voted no as well, and I expect at least Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom to announce "No with comments" today or tomorrow. There will be more no votes on the roster when the final results are announced in a day or two. But even if the 11 votes I know of now were the only votes, the vote would now have failed - but for the 11 countries that upgraded their status from Observer to Participating member status in the last few weeks. Without those extra 11 P countries, it would only require 10 votes to block OOXML from immediate approval. If most or all of those additional P members vote "yes" as expected, it will confirm suspicions that Microsoft has promoted extra votes in favor of OOXML not only within National Bodies, but within ISO itself.

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...predicting that the OOXML vote has failed to pass Aladdin_Sane 5 903 Sep 4, 2007 3:39 AM

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