Ecma-376, DIS 29500, OOXML: Vote fails to get Majority needed
Well, it looks like this is the final tally based on a leaked doc from Finland (allegedly): 17 Yes, 15 No, 9 Abstentions.
Microsoft have failed to get the required 2/3rds majority so it is on to the BRM in February (Unless in the meantime some of the comments are un-reconcilable whereby the whole process could be thrown out!)
On the noooxml.org site they have a list of all votes cast, including the “O” members.
Acknowledgements: NoOOXML, Andy Updegrove, Groklaw, Andreas Fischer
Any further votes that come in I will try and add to this page as soon as possible. Drop me a comment if you know something more or find any inaccuracies.
Update #1: Apparently Ecuador has voted no: http://lowe.no-ip.info/rvtradio/
Update #2: Thanks for the link Andy, have removed non-members of the ISO JTC1
Update #3: The *** indicate a “new” P status member. Probably a M$ puppet.
Update #4: Andy Updegrove now believes that this voting round will result in OOXML NOT gaining the 2/3 majority needed to gain automatic approval as an ISO standard. [Be sure to read the comments on Andy's post too - a couple of very interesting messages from Alex Brown]. The ISO should hopefully announce the official result today (04/09/07) or very soon thereafter.
Update #5: It appears that Cyprus voted yes.
Update #6: It appears as though Microsoft did not get enough of the important “P” votes. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-04-2007/0004655552&EDATE=
Update #7: Most of the votes have been leaked. Table is now updated.
| Country | Vote | |||
| Yes | No | Abstain | Unknown | |
| Australia | abstain | |||
| Azerbaijan | yes | |||
| Belgium | abstain | |||
| Canada | no | |||
| China | no | |||
| ***Côte-d’Ivoire | yes | |||
| ***Cyprus | yes | |||
| Czech Republic | no | |||
| Denmark | no | |||
| ***Ecuador | no | |||
| Finland | abstain | |||
| France | no | |||
| Germany | yes | |||
| India | no | |||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | no | |||
| Ireland | no | |||
| Italy | abstain | |||
| ***Jamaica | yes | |||
| Japan | no | |||
| Kazakhstan | yes | |||
| Kenya | yes | |||
| Korea, Republic of | no | |||
| ***Lebanon | yes | |||
| Malaysia | abstain | |||
| ***Malta | Yes | |||
| Netherlands | abstain | |||
| New Zealand | no | |||
| Norway | no | |||
| ***Pakistan | yes | |||
| Saudi Arabia | yes | |||
| Singapore | yes | |||
| Slovenia | abstain | |||
| South Africa | no | |||
| Spain | abstain | |||
| Switzerland | yes | |||
| ***Trinidad and Tobago | abstain | |||
| ***Turkey | yes | |||
| United Kingdom | no | |||
| ***Uruguay | yes | |||
| USA | yes | |||
| ***Venezuela | yes | |||
| 41 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
So - it’s on with the show… Microsoft will be desperately trying to cajole, bribe, corrupt and bully all the “no” and abstain voters before the BRM next February.
There, they will have a week, to review probably a thousand comments and try to get a majority vote by conceding on some of the issues. But there will be trouble with some of the comments which will not be implementable without sacrificing the lock-in and proprietary hooks that M$ really needs.
May we live in interesting times…
