Submission + - Microsoft wins "Best Campaigner against OOXML& (ffii.org)
pieterh writes: "Following the ISO vote one month ago against Microsoft's Office OpenXML (OOXML) format, the FFII has awarded Euro 2,500 to Microsoft for making "a heroic — and costly — effort to discredit their own proposal". The FFII says, "By pushing so hard to get OOXML endorsed, even to the point of loading the standards boards in Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, and beyond, Microsoft showed to the world how poor their format is. Good standards just don't need that kind of pressure. All together, countries made over ten thousands technical comments, a new world record for an ISO vote.""