Entirely predictable, in that Office would not be compliant with OXML. It wasn't compliant in the form it was at the time of submission, and it wasn't likely to become magically compliant in the days after.
Also, to a large extent the whole point of the people who were/are opposed to OXML becoming a standard was that Microsoft would make changes faster than the standard (and other document software products) could adapt. Basically the opponents do not want another "Frontpage/IE/Netscape extension war." That was lame back then, and this shows all the signs of being even more lame.
It remains for Microsoft to pleasantly surprise the world, or not.
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