Microsoft's standards bid stalled

  2008-06-10 17:00:04
Four countries have appealed a decision to fast-track the international standardisation of a Microsoft document format, called OpenXML. Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela have complained that there was not enough time given to discuss improvements to the format. The format is used for spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. Critics claim it is not fully compatible with other document formats. 
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