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Is Microsoft’s ODF Vote Supposed to Make Amends for its Patent Attack?

“Microsoft issued a press release on May 18 trumpeting its vote
‘to support the addition of OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.0 to the
nonexclusive American National Standards list.’

“Further down in the press release, Microsoft casually mentions
that Open XML also is on the list to get the standards nod from the
American National Standards Institute and that it anticipates
approval, no problem…”

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