Edited sentence: As of December 2006, over 750 developers had joined the Open XML Formats Developer Group.Several of these organazation also participated directly in the development of the Office Open XML formats, as well as other companies like Intel and Toshiba all working together inside the Ecma International Office Open XML technical committee (TC45).The Open XML Community launched in May 2007, with 327 inaugural members.The Open XML Formats Developer Group was initially founded by 40 organizations.The community has now grown to over 3,100 members.The groups stated intention is to constitute “a community for developers to exchange information with each other regarding the usage of the Ecma-developed Office Open XML file formats.The website for the Open XML Community is hosted by Microsoft.The website of the Open XML Formats Developer Group is hosted by Microsoft.” Notable founding members of the organization include Apple, BP, Essilor International, Intel, Mathsoft, Microsoft, Toshiba and the Florida House of Representatives