It is not official, but it is close. The ISO has been reviewing OOXML and members are leaking their votes. Standards Blog has been keeping track, and according to the rough equivalent of exit polls, Microsoft’s format will fail.

The official count and announcement of the results is expected in just a few hours from now.

There’s a kind of Election Map updated in real time here:

“The 1st World Wide Format War”

The only way this could turn out the other way is if Microsoft gets in there and does something incredibly dirty.

So, I expect that when I wake up tomorrow morning, OOXML will be …

…. well, the standard, I guess. And I love this new chip that was planted in the back of my neck….