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Microsoft OOXML Finds Favour In Malaysia
News Tradenex.com joins a growing band of organisations in Malaysia that have adopted the OOXML format. While the battle between proponents of ODF and OOXML rages on, Microsoft is making some headway persuading several strategic organisations in...
[January 16, 2008, 10:48]
OpenOffice May Support OOXML
News It's the same approach to OOXML — we'll wait and see if its widely adopted by the market. The specification for Office Open XML (OOXML, or Open XML), was officially passed as fit-for-purpose by the International Organization for Standardization...
[April 2, 2008, 16:11]
ISO Never Learns, IBM Does
Blog Fast forward to OOXML. The ISO ballot resolution meeting, remember, didn't resolve all the issues, and Microsoft has admitted it will get the standardised version of ODF working sooner: Office 2007 will never support standardised OOXML.
[September 23, 2008, 20:18]
Sun Offers ODF Translator For Microsoft Office
News Microsoft's OOXML standard was adopted by Ecma International in December 2006. The format is a direct rival to Microsoft's Open XML (OOXML) format. OpenOffice is the free open-source office suite that uses OpenDocument Format (ODF), a standard XML...
[February 8, 2007, 8:53]
OOXML Is Open
Talkback [quote]I'm not, as such, against an OOXML standard develeloped, in part, by Microsoft if it meets the needs of the freedom to be used and adopted without cost and license implications by all and sundry and so long as it provides the basis for...
[February 28, 2008, 22:21]
Standards Expert Defends OOXML Fast-track Bid
News Singapore gave its support for OOXML. OOXML is the rival document standard to the OpenDocument Format (ODF), which is already ISO-certified and has been championed by open-source vendors and IT giants such as IBM and Sun.
[March 25, 2008, 11:51]
Red Hat 'disappointed But Not Surprised' By OOXML Result
Blog Microsoft has faced allegations of 'stuffing the ballot boxes' to push through the document format, and could be under investigation by the EC for anti-competitive practices in ramming home OOXML. ACT and thousands of software developers around the...
[April 2, 2008, 17:25]
ODF 1.1 Is Indeed An International Standard
Talkback Was the approval of OOXML an indication of quality that is worth the effort attaining? An "international standard" is defined, in ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004, definition 3.2.1.1, as "[A] standard that is adopted by an international standardizing/standards...
[May 22, 2008, 11:36]
Venezuela And India Appeal OOXML Ratification
News Joining Brazil and South Africa in appealing against OOXML being adopted as an International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) standard, the two countries sent their appeals before the Sunday...
[June 2, 2008, 13:43]
Wow! MS Admitting Something.
Talkback However, their 'inexperience' is hardly justification for the tactics they employed to get OOXML adopted as a Fast Tracked Standard, as implied by Stuart McKee. That was rather obvious from all the comments posted at the time, but it is surprising...
[June 24, 2008, 10:50]
Denmark Changes OOXML Vote To 'yes'
News The statement goes on to say that Danish Standards is changing its vote because "the 168 Danish comments have been adopted as changes to ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML". According to a Friday statement on the website of Danish Standards (the Danish...
[March 28, 2008, 14:47]
OOXML Clears ISO Voting
Blog Comment OOXML was adopted 17 votes against 4, thanks to Microsoft and their 11 Business Partners.http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-46044/committee-stuffing-also-in-the-united-states:11-microsoft-business-partners
[March 30, 2008, 16:52]
OOXML Clears ISO Voting
Blog Comment OOXML was adopted 17 votes against 4, thanks to Microsoft and their 11 Business Partners.http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-46044/committee-stuffing-also-in-the-united-states:11-microsoft-business-partners
[March 30, 2008, 16:39]
Open Standards
Talkback I'm not, as such, against an OOXML standard develeloped, in part, by Microsoft if it meets the needs of the freedom to be used and adopted without cost and license implications by all and sundry and so long as it provides the basis for future...
[February 28, 2008, 20:49]
ISO's SC34: The Large Standard Collider
Blog Like that other Swiss science project, standards maker ISO has accelerated ODF and OOXML on two separate paths, and now it is colliding them, in a small space: the SC34 committee. There will surely be more viewpoints, but at the moment, what I'm...
[October 7, 2008, 10:45]
OOXML Interop Is Abysmal
Talkback Albert, thank you for acknowledging that OOXML interop is application-level rather than being enabled and required by the format specifications. One huge problem with both OOXML and ODF is that neither specifies an interoperability framework.
[February 29, 2008, 18:03]
Durusau's Proposal Is Preposterous
Talkback Both ODF and OOXML. With a view to harmonizing technical regulations on as wide a basis as possible, Members shall play a full part, within the limits of their resources, in the preparation by appropriate international standardizing bodies of...
[February 29, 2008, 18:25]
Apple And Google Are "tech Darlings" For A Reason... Their Stuff Rocks.
Talkback But, I'm sure if OOXML was submitted anonymously, it would have been dumped, dumped, dumped. OOXML shall not ever truly become a "standard" since that's an oxymoron as others have pointed out: Slippery, vague, unresolved, specs.
[April 16, 2008, 7:40]
California Eyes OpenDocument
News While Microsoft has submitted its Office Open XML (OOXML) format for acceptance by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), OOXML is arguably viewed as a format proprietary to Microsoft Office.
[March 1, 2007, 8:41]
Very Nice Albert
Talkback If the eligible members of ISI/IEC JTC1 vote not to approve OOXML, then OOXML will still be an Ecma standard, and all of the benefits to Microsoft customers and developers will still be preserved. Microsoft will also reap the principal benefits...
[February 26, 2008, 20:04]
