ISO Calls For End To OOXML 'personal Attacks'
News The plenary session was marked by protests outside, largely carried out by delegates from a nearby open-source conference. We believe standards debate should always be carried out with respect for all parties, even when they strongly disagree.
[April 14, 2008, 13:15]
Higher-education Bodies Warned Over XML Transition
News The report proposes further work to be carried out into the intellectual property-right issues of using the various different formats, and to produce staff guidelines on selecting file formats for document publication.
[August 9, 2007, 17:17]
UK Standards Body Taken To Court Over OOXML
News The OSC's Taylor told ZDNet.co.uk that the UKUUG's action carried with it "prima facie evidence that the BSI's processes have not been complied with or done in a very strange way". The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a...
[May 1, 2008, 16:34]
Denmark Urges Govt Support For Open Source
News Open source software represents a serious alternative to proprietary products, and should be used as a tool to open up software markets to more competition, according to a report carried out under the auspices of the Danish government.
[October 23, 2003, 18:15]
OOXML Expert: ODF Standard Is Broken
News The International Organization for Standardization's OpenDocument Format standard is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the format. Alex Brown, a document-format expert who is convenor of...
[May 2, 2008, 15:47]
Australia Abstains On Final OOXML Vote
News After a lengthy deliberation, Australia's peak standards development body has revealed it carried on its motion to abstain from voting on the status of the document format, citing a lack of consensus among its members as reason for bypassing the...
[March 31, 2008, 8:15]
Microsoft: OpenDocument Is Too Slow
News Yates cited a study carried out by ZDNet.com that compared OpenOffice.org 2.0 with the XML formats in Microsoft Office 2003. The OpenDocument Format (ODF) has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has...
[May 25, 2006, 12:45]
OOXML Expert: ODF Flaws Remain
News Alex Brown, a major contributor to the progress of the ODF's Microsoft-backed rival, OOXML, within the international standards process, carried out a "smoke test" last week, which he said showed the OpenOffice open-source application suite does...
[May 6, 2008, 17:18]
