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April 02, 2008 | Comments: (0)

ISO approves OOXML as standard

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Are you also known by the company you don’t keep?

Here is a list of the countries either disapproving or abstaining on the vote to accept or reject the Microsoft OOXML file format as a standard.

This is how it breaks down according to the story posted on the InfoWorld Web site.

"Of the 87 countries that voted, 61 approved, 10 disapproved and 16 abstained. Among the P-members, 24 approved, eight disapproved and nine abstained, ac-cording to the document."

For the complete list see the story. For the story on what OOXML is all about read the InfoWorld feature on both OOXML and the Open Document Format posted last month.

Argentina Abstention
Australia P-Member Abstention
Belgium P-Member Abstention
Brazil Disapproval
Canada P-Member Disapproval
Chile Abstention
China P-Member Disapproval
Cuba Disapproval
Ecuador P-Member Disapproval
France P-Member Abstention
India P-Member Disapproval
Iran, Islamic Republic of P-Member Disapproval
Italy P-Member Abstention
Kenya P-Member Abstention
Luxembourg Abstention
Malaysia P-Member Abstention
Netherlands P-Member Abstention
New Zealand P-Member Disapproval
Russian Federation Abstention
South Africa P-Member Disapproval
Spain P-Member Abstention
Sri Lanka Abstention
Turkey P-Member Abstention
Venezuela P-Member Disapproval
Viet Nam Abstention
Zimbabwe Abstention

Posted by Ephraim Schwartz on April 2, 2008 07:34 AM

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