What Happens Next on the US Vote on OOXML

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Jul 23, 2007 7:21 AM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove
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As you may know, V1, the INCITS Technical Committee that had charge of the US vote on Microsoft's OOXML, failed to reach consensus on either approving or disapproving the specification. As expected, Microsoft has turned to the full INCITS Executive Board in an effort to salvage the situation. Between now and Labor Day, a complicated series of fall-back ballots and meetings has been scheduled to see whether the Executive Board can agree to approve or disapprove OOXML, in either case "with comments."

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