Malaysia Standards Says Most of Their Technical Concerns Unresolved at BRM...

"Standards Malaysia has now issued a statement regarding the BRM. The title says it all, 'Malaysian delegation at the ISO meeting in Geneva (25 – 29 Feb '08) finds the technical issues in the draft standard OOXML unresolved satisfactorily.'

"They were there. And they contradict the stories being put out by those in charge and by Microsoft. They did *not* have the opportunity to have their concerns addressed totally. Malaysia voted to disapprove the undiscussed bulk dispositions, although they had earlier voted to approve some dispositions that were discussed..."

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