In an interview Richard Stallman, head of the Free Software Foundation, said: Microsoft corrupted many members of ISO in order to win approval for its phony 'o

In an interview Richard Stallman, head of the Free Software Foundation, said: Microsoft corrupted many members of ISO in order to win approval for its phony 'open' document format, OOXML. This was so governments that keep their documents in a Microsoft-only format can pretend that they are using 'open standards.' The government of South Africa has filed an appeal against the decision, citing the irregularities in the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open_XML#Complaints_about_the_national_bodies_process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open_...