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Brazil says no to Open Office XML
Microsoft’s bid to get its OOXML specification approved as an ISO accredited standard has gotten a kick in the shin. The Brazilian Technical Standards Organization voted no to approving OOXML as a standard. Committee member Avi Alkalay, who is open standards and Linux advisor at IBM Brazil, said, “It is unbelievable how ECMA (the same guys that put together the JavaScript standard!) can think that a wannabe spec like OOXML is ready for submission.”
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