According to Computerworld, Microsoft attempted to bribe a standards body member in order to get their Open XML specification ratified as an international standard. According to the web site: 
 
"Microsoft Corp. admitted Wednesday that an employee at its Swedish subsidiary offered monetary compensation to partners for voting in favor of the Office Open XML document format's approval as an ISO standard. 
 
Microsoft said the offer, when discovered, was quickly retracted and that its Sweden managers voluntarily notified the SIS, the national standards body." 
 
It feels to me like this company is in a total self-destructive downward spiral. 
CH