Microsoft closer on 'Office Open' blessing
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft is one step closer to having its Office Open XML format adopted as an international standard in short order. Ecma, the standards body pushing OOXML on behalf of Microsoft, confirmed to internetnews.com that it made today's deadline for responding to comments on its initial application for fast-track approval to the International Standards Organization.
The matter now rests with the secretariat of the ISO joint technical committee reviewing Microsoft's application, said Jan van den Beld, secretary general of Ecma.