ISO Vote 'No' to Microsoft's Office Doc Format

Apparently the ISO voted down fast tracking Microsoft's OpenXML document format. Microsoft was hoping for the adoption of their format by the ISO committee as it would directly impact sales of Office 2007 by governments and large institutions who require that all documents and communications to be archived in an ISO-approved format.

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/09/iso-rejects-mic.html