The story of this spec becoming a standard/not becoming a standard never seems to cease. The U.S. voted yes and will probably do so again. In the end, ISO support won't matter to OOXML. If OOXML becomes popular with corporations because it is useful, this ECMA standard will succeed.
In the long run, too, we can only hope that the process of submitting it and accepting it/rejecting it doesn't damage ISO itself.
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