After almost a year-long battle, software major Microsoft today said it has won the global international standards designation for its open document format Office Open XML, a file format specification for electronic documents.
Though the result is yet to be announced formally, sources close to the development told PTI that Microsoft has won by a majority, with almost 75 per cent of all voters (representatives from various nations) supporting its format.
However, India had earlier voted against Microsofts file format. New Delhi stood for Open Document Format (ODF), also supported by the rival groups IBM and Sun Microsystems.
“Open XML would now stand alongside ODF, HTML and PDF as internationally recognised open standards for electronic documents,” Microsoft said in a statement.
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