Brazil Protests OOXML Too! Asks Approval Be Reconsidered

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 05/29/2008 - 20:06

South Africa was the first, but not the last. Now Brazil has sent a letter protesting the adoption of OOXML as an ISO standard.


 

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