Thirteen of the twenty three members of the Standard Norge expert committee, which dealt with the standardisation of Microsoft's OOXML document format, have announced their resignations. They are protesting against the way Norway's decision in favour of ISO standardisation was made. In an open letter, they state that Standard Norge has clearly placed commercial interests ahead of what is best for society and what is technically and professionally desirable. In their opinion, the way it dealt with the process has resulted in Standard Norge forfeiting all credibility within the IT sector. Advertisement Norway originally opposed making OpenXML an ISO standard, after just two of the 23 members of the committee voted for standardisation. Despite this, the final vote actually submitted a 'Yes' to Microsoft's...
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