Microsoft Believes IBM Masterminded Anti-OOXML Initiative

" Microsoft executives have accused IBM of leading the campaign against their initiative to have Office Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standardization. 'Nicos Tsilas, senior director of interoperability and IP policy at Microsoft, said that IBM and the likes of the Free Software Foundation have been lobbying governments to mandate the rival OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard to the exclusion of any other format. "They have made this a religious and highly political debate," Tsilas said. "They are doing this because it is advancing their business model. Over 50 percent of IBM's revenues come from consulting services."'"

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"'IBM believes that there is a revolution occurring in the IT industry, and that smart people around the world are demanding truly open standards developed in a collaborative, democratic way for the betterment of all,' IBM VP of standards and OSS Bob Sutor told Ars. 'If "business as usual" means trying to foist a rushed, technically inferior and product-specific piece of work like OOXML on the IT industry, we're proud to stand with the tens of countries and thousands of individuals who are willing to fight against such bad behavior.'"

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Nicos Tsilas, senior director of interoperability and IP policy

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eremos said:

Incidentally, I also found this terribly amusing,



You'd think those two roles would be counteractive.

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eremos said:

Incidentally, I also found this terribly amusing,

Nicos Tsilas, senior director of interoperability and IP policy

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You'd think those two roles would be counteractive.

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