5684361
submission
Criffer writes
"Despite receiving 21,920 signatures on the petition to save Bletchley Park, the birthplace of computing, the government has responded by saying it has no plans, nor the resources, to extend its sponsorship of museums and galleries beyond the present number."
603930
submission
Criffer writes
"ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology Office Open XML file formats, has received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC International Standard.
Approval required at least 2/3 (i.e. 66.66 %) of the votes cast by national bodies participating in the joint technical committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, to be positive; and no more than 1/4 (i.e. 25 %) of the total number of ISO/IEC national body votes cast to be negative. These criteria have now been met with 75 % of the JTC 1 participating member votes cast positive and 14 % of the total of national member body votes cast negative.
Subject to there being no formal appeals from ISO/IEC national bodies in the next two months, the International Standard will accordingly proceed to publication."Link to Original Source
