No ISO for Microsoft Means Little

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 8, 2007 12:50 AM
By eWEEK Linux
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Microsoft's ISO standardization ambitions for its Office Open XML file format have hit a rough patch, as OOXML recently failed to garner enough votes for fast-track ratification. ODF (OpenDocument Format) advocates are pleased, but they're fooling themselves if they think that the lack of ISO standardization for OOXML is going to put any kind of a dent in the dominance that Microsoft holds over the office productivity market.

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