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Brussels to probe votes on Microsoft standard

"The European Commission is investigating the process under which a key Microsoft document format could be adopted as an industry standard – a move which would carry significant commercial benefits for the software company. . . 'We have to consider whether you might have to participate in the standards committee for a little more than an hour before a vote,' said Lars Flink, chief executive of the Swedish Standards Institute."

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