Microsoft Office 2007's default format Office Open XML becomes a ISO standard amidst a hard struggle from critics and tecnical experts all around the world.
Check for more information from the following links:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080401-microsofts-office-open-xml-now-an-official-iso-standard.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2220&tag=nl.e019
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2222&tag=nl.e019
Anyway Microsoft is Microsoft, seems to be they remain the same always ;-)
