Microsoft’s new Open XML format debunked
Stephane Rodriquez, an Independent software vendor and file format expert famous for his Office 2007 .bin file format article, has comprehensibly debunked Microsoft’s new Open XML format. Read the story here.
In other news Andy Updegrove reports on the latest INCITS voting results on OOXML. He also mentions that suddenly there are six countries wanting to become “P” members of the JCT1. Quoting Andy “I would be willing to put money on whether they will vote for OOXML, and which way they will vote.”. Seems Microsoft is once again quite creative with using “all the tools at their (their?) disposal”…
Update: Rob Weir has an astonishing article that tells about some serious disenfranchisement going on. I really hope that the voting members of the JCT1 stay absolutely focused on the *real* deadline and *real* procedures. Wonder who is behind this…
Update: Groklaw talks about the appalling, jaw dropping OOXML voting process in Norway here. A must read if only for the almost surreal way things went.