Europe's not finished with Microsoft
Richard Hillesley at ITPro writes about the competitive issues surrounding the Microsoft system and tells us at the final page of article:
"Proprietary protocols are anathema to network computing and a deliberate hindrance to innovation and competition in computing environments. Few of the players, or users, maintain the illusion that a Microsoft-only world is either desirable or attractive - and the accusations of ballot stuffing, bribery, and undue political influence that surrounded the acceptance of OOXML as a standard by the ISO has only served to emphasise this reality."