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Opendocument Format
Talkback When reviewing office suites, please provide detailed information on opendocument format compatibility, which is increasingly important, and will hopefully minimise all these tedious file-format incompatibilites in future.
[November 29, 2006, 14:35]
Opendocument Format
Talkback There is no mention in this news item about OpenDocument compatibility: do you know what the status is?
[January 11, 2007, 9:19]
Office 2007 Will Support OOXML's Biggest Rival, The OpenDocument Format (OD
Talkback As I understand it, the problem lies in having to rewrite too much code in office 2007 to make ooxml compatible. I guess M$ was unaware of this problem prior to the vote by the ISO. Makes the ISO look like a M$ shill, or maybe money was slipped...
[May 28, 2008, 14:19]
Office Open XML Could Stymie OpenDocument's Progress
News Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun. Knox and Silver point out that the State of Massachusetts is now...
[December 2, 2005, 15:20]
Google Joins OpenDocument Group
News Google has joined a group that is promoting an OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard that allows people to open documents regardless of the application they were created in. Although Microsoft Office document formats are the most widely used, the XML...
[July 13, 2006, 8:45]
ISO Approval 'unlikely For Microsoft Open XML'
News The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to analyst group Gartner.
[May 16, 2006, 12:55]
Microsoft: OpenDocument Is Too Slow
News The OpenDocument Format (ODF) has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has significantly better performance. The documentation is so much deeper than that for the OpenDocument format -- it represents much more...
[May 25, 2006, 12:45]
ISO Crunch Time For OpenDocument
News The OpenDocument Format has been submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to OASIS, the standards body that developed the format. So, from the perspective of the European Commission, OASIS' OpenDocument...
[October 18, 2005, 17:45]
Massachusetts ODF Plan Will Use Office Plug-in
News Massachusetts will begin using OpenDocument as the default document format later this year as planned, but it will be sticking with Microsoft Office in the near term, the state's top technology executive said.
[August 25, 2006, 17:35]
IBM Backs OpenDocument In Lotus Notes
News IBM has announced an upgrade to Lotus Notes that will include access to office productivity applications and support for the OpenDocument format. These "office productivity editors", as IBM refers to them, all support OpenDocument Format (ODF) files.
[May 17, 2006, 9:45]
OpenDocument Could 'turn The World Inside Out'
Talkback Of course Microsoft will SAY that they won't support OpenDocument format right up to the moment when they DO. If enough governments STIPULATE that tenders, contracts, etc are drawn up in documents which are in OpenDocument format then businesses...
[October 6, 2005, 11:23]
Sun Offers ODF Translator For Microsoft Office
News Sun is releasing a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2003 that will allow two-way compatibility with the OpenDocument Format, the company announced on Wednesday. OpenOffice is the free open-source office suite that uses OpenDocument Format (ODF), a...
[February 8, 2007, 8:53]
Microsoft Attacks IBM Over ODF
News Microsoft has severely criticised IBM, saying the company is pushing the OpenDocument Format standard to the detriment of Microsoft's own Open XML standard. OpenDocument Format (ODF) is an open standard based on XML, designed to be used in office...
[May 10, 2007, 16:23]
EC Reluctant To Recommend OpenDocument
News The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the format has been endorsed by international standards groups. According to sources familiar with the issue, Microsoft's drive to get its own file formats...
[May 8, 2006, 11:05]
Belgian Government Chooses OpenDocument
News The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is to be the standard format for exchanging documents within the Belgian government. The latter may be the simpler task, as the OpenDocument Foundation is already working on a plug-in for Microsoft Office that would...
[June 23, 2006, 11:40]
California Eyes OpenDocument
News California may follow Massachusetts in making the OpenDocument Format the required standard for state agencies. The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is a standard XML-based file format used by OpenOffice, an open source application program supported by...
[March 1, 2007, 8:41]
OpenDocument Alliance 'optimistic' About ISO Certification
News The recently formed OpenDocument Format Alliance has expressed its confidence that the file format will be approved by International Organisation for Standardization next month. The OpenDocument format is supported by a number of productivity...
[April 20, 2006, 12:05]
Novell: No End To OOXML Disputes
News Novell has said there is no end in sight to the continuing feud between supporters of OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's Office Open XML. Microsoft has created its own proprietary document format, Office Open XML (OOXML), as a rival to the...
[December 5, 2007, 15:56]
Microsoft Loses Key Vote For Open XML
News Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards.
[August 13, 2007, 15:46]
OpenDocument Could 'turn The World Inside Out'
Talkback Of course Microsoft will SAY that they won't support OpenDocument format right up to the moment when they DO. If enough governments STIPULATE that tenders, contracts, etc are drawn up in documents which are in OpenDocument format then businesses...
[October 6, 2005, 11:24]
