A list of OOXML incidents for countries whose name begins with a [D-G].

Pessimism over OOXML's future and apparent new irregularities in ISO (rules secretly changed).

Microsoft is citing customer demand to explain its change of heart. While I doubt that many customers asked for ODF in particular, it's clear that there's sufficient demand for better document format standards in general. Microsoft believed that it could satisfy these demands by crafting its own format, and by pushing it through the ISO standards process.

On the same day that I read that the South Africa standards body has filed an official appeal against the approval of OOXML with ISO/IEC, I find Patrick Durusau has written the following outrageous words [PDF] regarding Microsoft's announcement it will support ODF, and trust me when I tell you the opening is just a taste:

We're beginning to assemble a list of irregular OOXML incidents that were covered here before.

Increasing levels of evidence that ODF gives Microsoft a run for the money, a run from the law (and a runaway from EU fines).

Readers are encouraged to phone their standards bodies now, in order to pull another nail off OOXML's ISO coffin.