Two Feet, No Feathers

Microsoft has handed us all a plucked chicken in the form of OOXML, saying, "Here is your open standard."

http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/08/two-feet-no-feathers.html

Massachusetts Falls to OOXML

"Massachusetts – or, more properly, a small number of courageous public servants – did something important two years ago when they took a stand for open formats. It is regrettable that their successors have seen fit to abandon that principled stance, even to the expedient extent of waiting a short while longer to see whether Microsoft's OOXML formats will be found to be sufficient or lacking under the microscope of the global standards adoption process."

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070801182558375