Leaks Suggest OOXML Approved as ISO/IEC Standard (old news - 08:05PM Tuesday Apr 01 2008)
Apparently, it's not a joke on this April Fools day that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format was approved as an international standard. Information posted by the OpenDoc Society to its members and unofficial tallies and blogs all suggest it is true.
The decision by the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC) considering the matter is officially scheduled to be publicly disclosed tomorrow,