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Microsoft to support Chinese document standard
News Also on Monday, the company is expected to make available beta versions of previously announced translators between PowerPoint and Excel and corresponding applications that support the OpenDocument Format, or ODF.
[May 21, 2007, 10:34]
ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
News Many observers had been against that standardisation, pointing out that the OpenDocument Format (ODF) already existed as an ISO standard, and arguing that OOXML's documentation contained too many unanswered technical problems to be passed.
[April 14, 2008, 13:15]
It's the business processes that are bound to MSOffice
Talkback California, Massachusetts and Belgium launched comprehensive pilot studies to determine the feasibility of mandating the OpenDocument format as the cornerstone of this replacement strategy. 15 years of workgroup oriented business process automation...
[December 31, 2008, 7:27]
Office 12 to 'bring XML to the masses'
Talkback OpenOffice.org v2 even supports OpenDocument already. Office 12 is a few years behind OpenOffice.org. StarOffice and OOo have had XML + zip formats for years. So has Koffice. I guess imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
[June 2, 2005, 12:47]
Rivals hit Microsoft with new EC complaint
News It cited the software giant's refusal to use the OpenDocument standard or release details of its .doc, .xls and .ppt file formats, which prevents the makers of other productivity suites from being fully interoperable with Microsoft Office.
[February 22, 2006, 14:50]
MyMoney
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[December 26, 2009, 6:02]
OpenOffice may support OOXML
News Barring any formal complaints to ISO by the national standards bodies that are its members, OOXML will now be a rival standard to the OpenDocument Format (ODF), which was ratified by ISO two years ago.
[April 2, 2008, 16:11]
UK Unix users seek funding to pursue OOXML fight
News UKUUG also says OOXML is unnecessary, given the existence of the OpenDocument Format (ODF), another XML-based international standard format. A group of UK open-source advocates is seeking donations so it can continue its fight against the approval...
[June 19, 2008, 14:22]
UK may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML
News IBM uses the competing OpenDocument Format (ODF), which is already an international standard. The British Standards Institution could change sides, days before voting closes, and register a vote in favour of Microsoft's Office Open XML becoming an...
[March 27, 2008, 16:51]
StarOffice gains smart drive mobility
News StarOffice is a proprietary office suite — including spreadsheet, word processor, database, presentation and drawing applications — based on the open source OpenOffice codebase and including support for the OpenDocument standard and XML file format.
[October 13, 2006, 16:35]
OpenOffice nears download milestone
Talkback I would expect that the use of OpenOffice and other OpenDocument compatible office software will grow rapidly over the years to com. My guess is that most people get OpenOffice from other places than downloading it directly form OpenOffice.org.
[October 19, 2005, 19:35]
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
News OOXML is Microsoft's answer to the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an established ISO standard based entirely on open specifications. The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards...
[May 1, 2008, 16:34]
Lotus Notes 8 due for Friday release
News The standard word-processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications are included, which all support OpenDocument Format plus IBM's SmartSuite. IBM is to release the next version of its Lotus Notes platform and Domino applications on Friday.
[August 15, 2007, 14:06]
Higher-education bodies warned over XML transition
News However, in developing its XML-based Office suite, Microsoft has chosen not to support the ISO 26300 OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (ODF) international standard. The Joint Information Systems Committee has published a report...
[August 9, 2007, 17:17]
Services will be make or break for Microsoft
Leader And in return you'll provide open access with things like OpenDocument compatibility in Office 12 and unhindered use of your Web Services, on the same basis as you consume the open standards others provide?
[September 14, 2005, 14:20]
What's Lenovo's Linux stance?
Blog Comment open&OpenDocument&epi=web_express Oh no it doesn't! Lenovo does not sell a Linux laptop on any one of those links! They all show a spec for a laptop with SUSE on it, sure. But only two of them have a Buy Now button.
[September 12, 2008, 16:28]
Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push
News Advocates of the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO-approved open standard XML file format developed by a consortium led by IBM and Sun, have argued that a second standard is "redundant". Weeks away from a crucial International Organization for...
[January 29, 2008, 7:57]
Microsoft presses on regardless with OOXML SDK
Blog At least that's the view of Mahugh, who is on the committee, and the chair, Patrick Durusau, who also edits the rival OpenDocument standard. OOXML is in the balance as a formal standard, but that's no reason for Microsoft not to launch tools for...
[March 13, 2008, 10:27]
Open standards push Mannheim to Linux
News Similarly, the migration to OpenOffice.org was driven by its desire to use OpenDocument - a standard file format that Microsoft has said it will not support in Microsoft Office. "We want to decide our IT strategy in Mannheim and not have Microsoft...
[November 29, 2005, 17:15]
OpenOffice defence: Brown is using the wrong version
Talkback If Alex had used the OASIS OpenDocument v1.1 schema, then this issue would not have been reported. According to engineers at OpenOffice, the problems Alex Brown raises are non-issues - brought about by errors in his tests.
[May 2, 2008, 16:44]
