Rather than declaring victory, my previous blog entry should have said: we have another month of hard work ahead. It seems I missed the not-so-subtle difference between *really should* and *surely will*. I've even heard that it currently looks very realistic that OOXML will get final approval.
In checking how I wrongly drew my "victory" conclusion, I found some interesting coverage:
Andy Updegrove's Standards Blog - already updated with 8 first hand accounts and with comments posted by BRM Convenor Alex Brown. It's worth at least skimming the comments for the comments of Alex Brown and the replies by Andy (whose username is "Admin").
This means the problems found in the OOXML specification last September have not been resolved, making final rejection almost certain in 30 days time. [UPDATE: Oops. Rejection's not at all certain] Groklaw has also just published an interview Sean Daly did with Andy there in Geneva before the result. In it, he explains the government-like privileged position ISO holds, why the ISO process coped badly, and why ICT standards are as important as the freedoms of free software.
