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As you may know, the Executive Board (EB) of INCITS, the US voting body on OOXML in the ISO/IEC JTC1, posted two simultaneous, seven day written ballots - one to approve, with comments, and one to abstain, again with comments. The votes have now been received back. and are as follows:
to Approve, with comments: 12 for, 3 against, 1 abstaining (six with appended comments).
Abstain, with comments: Unanimous Meanwhile, becoming a voting member of ISO/IEC JTC1 is suddenly becoming very popular.
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While the votes to approve now recevied are sufficient and that may well be the final result, the game is not necessarily over yet, as members will be free to change their votes at the August 29 if they so desire.
You may recall from a prior post of mine that I had said that I had had word that there was a sudden spate of countries suddenly, and at the last minute, deciding that they wanted to become "P" members of JTC1. At that time there were two new additions - now their are six. The recent arrivals are: Cypress, Ecuador, Pakistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela. I would be willing to put money on whether they will vote fo OOXML, and which way they will vote. Full Story |
