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From: jharter [mailto:jh@unifiedvoice.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:27 AM
To: lrajchel@ansi.org
Cc: Lola Rotert
Subject: Support for approval of ISO/IEC DIS 29500 - Information Technology - Office Open XML File Formats

Ms. Lisa Rajchel
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43rd Street, Fourth Floor
 US-New York, NY 10036-7417
Tel: 212-642-4900
Fax: 212-398-0023

Dear Lisa Rajchel,

We are writing to voice our strong support for the approval of Ecma's Office
Open XML File Formats as an ISO/IEC International Standard.  We strongly
urge the American National Standards Institute to communicate its support
for the ISO/IEC ratification of this standard to the JTC1 Secretariat.

Open XML represents an important advance in document standards that offers
benefits to technology users, the technology industry, consumers, businesses
and governments worldwide.  The standard received a strong endorsement when
it was approved by Ecma in December 2006 and submitted to JTC1 for
fast-track approval.

Open XML will enable backward compatibility with billions of archived
documents, and the extensive standard accommodates a wide range of languages
and cultures, as well as assistive technologies that help people with
disabilities.  Governments and businesses will both benefit from the
standard itself, as well as from the range of new products that implement
the standard.  Furthermore, Open XML in no way contradicts any other
international document standard.

Sincerely,

F James Harter
UnifiedVoice Corporation
jh@unifiedvoice.com
410 956-3119
Cell 301 340-1044