Philippines changes position on OOXML from 'no' to 'yes'
Submitted by marbux on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 02:44
Microsoft Philippines pulled off a stirring victory of sorts as the country reversed its earlier position and voted last Friday, March 28, to approve the controversial Open XML as an international document format standard.
The Bureau of Product Standards (BPS), an agency under the Department of Trade and Industry, voted for the Philippines upon the recommendation of a technical committee composed of different local industry stakeholders.
More at Manila Bulletin Online. More details at ZDNet Asia, including a breakdown of who voted which way.
