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Whatever Happened to Standards?

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 3 comments
Computerworld UK; By Glyn Moody 		Mail this story
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The British Standards Institution (BSI) has always been one of those iconic central points of reference in British life – a kind of Big Ben for standards. But it's a little hard to square that image – perhaps hopelessly outdated – with the BSI's recent decision to vote in favour of Microsoft's OOXML document standard.

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hchaudh1 ·
Is there an authoritative link which lists how each member country voted? If anyone knows it, please post it.
Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
It was posted right here on LXer. I think we were even one of the first to post it. Well before ISO made it's announcement. http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/101263/index.html

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