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3rd September 2007 - Link Blog

How much is that standard in the window, the one with the lovely tale? “The real loser in this could be ISO’s reputation itself.” Simon Wardley summarises the embarrassing shenanigans surrounding ISO’s rubber stamping of Microsoft’s OOXML.

Posted 3rd September 2007 at 4:49 pm

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