- EU Initiates Investigation Against Microsoft OOXML Push
- EU to probe Microsoft's ISO claim over Office software file format - report
Update (Apr. 5, 2010): see that article, after 2 years. Microsoft Fails the Standards Test.
For those who had missed the story, you can start here: http://www.noooxml.org/ and sign the petition (more than 81,000 signatures today).
NB: ODF (native format for OOo) is an ISO standard since 2006 (OpenDocument standardization).On 2 September 2007, ISO national bodies voted on Ecma 376, "OOXML". The ISO secretariat has decided to move forward with a Ballot Resolution Meeting in February 2008 to make the final decision.
Microsoft got to pass with 19 "difficulties" round one (fast-track OOXML) and lost round two (vote on OOXML), and now the fight moves to round three, the definitive one.
From February 25 to 29, 2008, national boards will meet in Geneva to discuss OOXML. The final vote is scheduled for end-March 2007, 30 days after the BRM. All countries that voted in the September ballot will be eligible to vote in March.