Microsoft has to rush to keep its Office revenue stream
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Started by: zoobabzoobab
Date: 12 Sep 2007 11:34
Number of posts: 7
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Summary:
Doug Mahugh, who was on a conference in Kuala Lumpur this week for TechEd, told the truth about OOXML: "Office is a 10USD billion revenue generator for the company. When ODF was made an ISO standard, Microsoft had to react quickly as certain governments have procurement policies which prefer ISO standards. Ecma and OASIS are "international standards", but ISO is the international "Gold Standard". Microsoft therefore had to rush this standard through. It's a simple matter of commercial interests!"
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