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Sign a petition against Microsoft’s Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

I ask the national members of ISO to vote “NO” in the ballot of ISO DIS 29500 (Office OpenXML or OOXML format) for the following reasons:

There is already a standard ISO26300 named Open Document Format (ODF): a dual standard adds costs, uncertainty and confusion to industry, government and citizens;
There is no provable implementation of the [...]