Venezuela Joins Line Appealing OOXML Standard Approval | Linux Today

Venezuela Joins Line Appealing OOXML Standard Approval

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2008

“Venezuela has joined the list of countries that have lodged
appeals against the adoption of an international standard based on
Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) file format.

“The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), one of two
standards bodies responsible for the committee that approved the
standard, is applying a generous interpretation of its rules to
accept appeals…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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