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I just emailed BSI and politely asked them not to make it a standard. On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 21:26 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/04/microsoft_office_standards_petition/ > > Quote from The Register: > > "Microsoft is calling on the Great British public to join its campaign > to get the XML Office format adopted as an international standard. > > The company has launched an online petition > <http://www.microsoft.co.uk/openxml/> encouraging the British Standards > Institute (BSI) to vote for ratification of the Open XML Format, used in > Office 2007, 2003 and XP, as an official ISO standard. The BSI is an ISO > member." > > Thing is, there is already a standard isn't there. The Open Document > Format. Typical Microsoft, if they can't have their way they don't like > it. Surely it would be easier for MS to just incorporate ODF > compatibility into MS Office? > > Rob > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html