A series of surprising government mandate announcements rolled out in the
immediate aftermath of the ISO/IEC decision to fast track Ecma 376 otherwise
known as Microsoft Office Open XML (MOOX).  The three articles commented
on here are all from Information Week, who has done yeoman work concerning the
OpenDocument - MOOX controversy that has so upset Microsoft.  Now the
mighty monopolist can taste victory, with fast track approval of MOOX certain,
and ISO/IEC in the bag.  Incredibly the company that escaped a Court
ordered death sentence by purchasing what amounts to a presidential
pardon.  They even avoided the stink of their own lobbyist and henchman
Jack Abramoff, and his motley crew of Ralph Reed and Grover Nyquist
operatives.  Now they are well on their way towards purchasing an
International Standard.  So much for Plan A.  Time for Plan B, the
"NO ViSTA" mandate.