World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft's Open XML

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World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft's Open XML

*Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9749069-7.html)*
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There are two upcoming votes on the fate of Microsoft's Office Open XML, a document format that has brought about bare-knuckle business tactics and fierce philosophical disputes.

Microsoft is in the process of trying to gain standard status at the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, a European standards body which holds significant weight, particularly with government customers.

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