The Ugly American Company, Microsoft, will now have a third investigation run by the EU regarding their smarmy “lobbying” (read, “bribery and coercion” tactics during the OOXML file format fight last year.<\/p>\n
“The investigation will be especially welcome in standards circles, due to the wide range of reports from the field that Microsoft has engaged in ‘stacking’ of the national committees that were voting on OOXML as well as other overreaching activities intended to influence the result” of standards voting, said Andrew Updegrove, a standards expert who has opposed the Microsoft effort in the past, in an e-mail….Microsoft’s OOXML proposal is still working its way through international standards bodies but has had a tough time convincing standards groups.In September, a proposal that called for OOXML to receive fast-track approval was voted down by the ISO in Geneva by standards groups from participating countries.Microsoft is already facing EU investigations involving the integration of its Internet Explorer browser into Office software and involving how its Office software operates with competitors’ software.[source]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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