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Cruel truth surfaces in the OOXML war

There is little as revealing as complaints made in anger. Such would seem to be the case with Microsoft, whose frustration with the approval process for Office Open XML (OOXML) has spilled out into accusations of underhand behaviour on the part of IBM. Speaking this week, Nicos Tsilas, senior director of interoperability and IP policy at Microsoft, said of IBM: "They have made this a religious and highly political debate. They are doing this because it is advancing their business model."