When OOXML was first approved, it looked like Microsoft had succeeded in securing ISO approval for their new standard, despite reports of cheating. Soon, though, it became clear that Microsoft was not going to get ISO approval easily when several countries appealed the approval, saying that ISO rules had been broken.

Now Microsoft has lost a little more ground as the OOXML approval was put on hold. The question now, once again, is what will Microsoft do next?

Microsoft may yet manage to pull out of this situation and get OOXML approved. But today’s news makes it seem just a little more likely that OOXML will fall by the wayside and Microsoft actually will adopt ODF as I discussed in an earlier post.  That would be the better outcome.  Of course, the future is hard to predict and something completely different might ultimately come out of this. It looks like we will just have to wait and see.

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