Bill Gates on OpenXML at US House of Representatives
"Bill Gates on Open XML at US House of Representatives, Committee on Science & Technology"
March 12, 2008, Bill Gates was at the at US House of Representatives, Committee on Science & Technology, and testified at the Committee's 50th Anniversary Hearing on Competitiveness and Innovation.
From the hearing charter: This year, the Committee on Science and Technology will celebrate its 50 Anniversary.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, the House Committee on Science and Technology held a hearing to highlight this occasion and receive testimony from Bill Gates, the Chairman of the Microsoft Corporation, to discuss our country's technological advances over the past 50 years, the current state of our country's competitiveness, and a look ahead to the challenges we face.
All details and full webcast here: http://science.house.gov/publications...
Congressman Brian Baird asked a question on Open XML to Bill Gates. In his response, Bill Gates highlights the importance of standards and Open XML in government document preservation, and notes that Open XML standardization will have many benefits. Congressman Baird complements Gates on Microsoft's standards efforts in this space.