This is no surprise, given how big a critic IBM has been to Microsoft OOXML. Still, IBM has got clout and could help push OpenOffice to become the next office document de facto standard out from underneath Microsoft. The story says: "IBM Monday seized on last week’s rejection by the ISO of the Microsoft and Ecma International Office Open XML format and said it would throw its development weight behind OpenOffice.org, the most prominent set of open source applications based on the Open Document Format."

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