http://blogs.technet.com/chrisp/archive/2007/04/04/sign-the-open-xml-petition-today.aspxIf you only do one other thing today, sign this petition and help safeguard the future of OpenXML. Many readers of this blog may be aware that Microsoft called for the standardisation of Open XML via ECMA International and this was approved as open standarden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/chrisp/archive/2007/04/04/sign-the-open-xml-petition-today.aspx#732167Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:15:06 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:732167Chai Ang<p>May be relevant.</p> <p>&lt;a href=&quot;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/notable-achievement.html&quot;&gt;Blog">http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/notable-achievement.html&quot;&gt;Blog</a> &lt;/a&gt; congratulating the ECMA approval process.</p> <p>And the &lt;a href&quot;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.ecma-international.org/memento/TC45.htm&quot;&gt;scope&lt;/a&gt;">http://www.ecma-international.org/memento/TC45.htm&quot;&gt;scope&lt;/a&gt;</a> &nbsp;of ECMA.</p> <p>&quot;&quot;&quot;</p> <p>The goal of the Technical Committee is to produce a formal standard for office productivity applications within the Ecma International standards process which is fully compatible with the [Microsoft] Office Open XML Formats.</p> <p>&quot;&quot;&quot;</p>