What are the odds that OOXML/ISO saga is over now that the vote has been officially announced? (It received a yes from from about 86 percent of the national bodies that participated in the vote.)
Given that the approval is dependent on if no one with the power to do so files an appeal ... and given that investigations as to the process of this vote are already underway (in Norway , this story says, but also, reportedly in Poland), it would be a shocker if an appeal WASN'T filed. Read more about OOXML.
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