*Source: PC Pro (
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More than 20,000 people have put their names to a web petition opposing Microsoft's attempts to have its new Office file format accepted as an international standard.
The NoOOXML.org petition calls on members of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) to vote against accepting Open XML, which it says Microsoft is trying to fast-track through the approval process.
"People are outraged by what's going on," said petition author Benjamin Henrion. "Not since the software patents fight have we seen such a reaction from the online community. And it's gone global. Users are happy with the existing international standard for documents, and can't see why Microsoft is forcing its own standard except in pure self-interest."
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