Microsoft loses key U.S. OpenXML vote
Posted on: 08/11/2007 06:11 AM
InfoWorld reports that Microsoft have lost a key vote in its quest to develop an alternative to the Open Document Format standard
The executive committee of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) fell one vote shy of the nine required to approve Microsoft's Open XML standard. It voted 8 to 7 in favor of approval with one abstention, the group announced Thursday
Microsoft loses key U.S. OpenXML vote