LXer: My math-fu tells me OOXML has not passed JTC-1 -- UPDATE: ISO-CONFIRMED

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09-04-2007, 07:00 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 55,378 Rep:	LXer: My math-fu tells me OOXML has not passed JTC-1 -- UPDATE: ISO-CONFIRMED Published at LXer: LXer Feature: 03-Sep-2007 If my math-fu is anything to go by, it looks like Microsoft's Office Open XML will not become an ISO standard today. Various websites around the world are all busy tallying the votes as the news is dripping in. If their tally is correct then OOXML has been turned down by a very narrow margin. OOXML needed 2/3 of the P members to vote "yes", after subtracting abstains. With 5 abstains out of 41 P members, that means 24 "yes" votes. With 13 "no" votes already cast that means only 23 possible "yes" votes remain. Talk about a narrow margin. [ Update: ISO confirmed Sander is good in math, and was right! - hkwint ] Read More...

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