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Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
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[November 24, 2005, 22:25]
Linux standardisation efforts move ahead
News Some Linux companies, such as Caldera Systems and Turbolinux, believe standardisation will make it easier for Linux companies to cooperate more on basic technology and compete on higher-level features.
[March 16, 2001, 9:04]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
News Microsoft has submitted other software to ECMA for standardisation, including programming languages ECMAScript and C#. Once Microsoft Office Open XML is recognised as an ECMA standard, the group of companies then intends to pursue standardisation...
[November 22, 2005, 8:30]
Adobe seeks formal standardisation for PDF
News ISO is expected to form a PDF standardisation technical committee with representatives from businesses and customers, including governments. Microsoft is in the process of gaining ISO standardisation for the document formats in the latest version...
[January 29, 2007, 7:59]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
Talkback Here we have MS wanting to charge you lots for the same product with a different version number and lock you into a proprietary format aswell. Yes, their XML attempt will remain proprietary. Meanwhile there's OpenOffice which doesn't want a fortune...
[November 24, 2005, 16:33]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
Talkback "Mark Taylor, executive director of the Open Source Consortium, agreed that Microsoft's move was not as open as it might first appear. He said that Microsoft appears to want to extend its "Office monopoly into the XML age.
[November 23, 2005, 13:08]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
Talkback Further to the good summary by John (first poster) I can only add that it is depressing how many times everyone falls (and continues ot fall) for this 'thimble and pea' trick that MS manage to use with greta success.
[November 24, 2005, 22:46]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
Talkback Microsoft has submitted other software to ECMA for standardisation, including programming languages ECMAScript appears to be incorrect - Microsoft worked with and likely submitted their JScript extensions to the standrd.
[November 25, 2005, 2:37]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
Talkback Early next month, there is goimg to be a tidal wave, the Editor from Redmond is going to submit his format Microsoft office open XML This means that any company who wants to use the standard will have to reformat his pages in the computer which a...
[November 23, 2005, 11:34]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
Talkback Microsoft open document is a format standard controlled by a single commercial entity.hrs Is Microsoft doome?
[November 23, 2005, 9:00]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
Talkback Just more anticompetitive crap from from our friends MonkeyBoy and The Asperger's Kid. This time, they want cover by the European Union. Total Jive. Despite being on its committee, Micro$haft rejected the OpenDocument format - no surprises there...
[November 23, 2005, 3:01]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
Talkback "Virtually all the barriers" Microsoft's business strategies are better than it's software, as everyone knows, even if not particular ethical or edifying. We have seen Microsoft come from behind so many times to dominate and there can be no doubt...
[November 22, 2005, 12:09]
Manufacturing Firm Cuts Helpdesk Calls From 200 to Two by Desktop Standardisation
White Papers AfriSam is one of the largest construction material manufacturers in Southern Africa. Its administrative staff found it difficult to share files between departments due to disparity in versions of desktop software used across organisation.
[July 27, 2009, 1:20]
You say standardization, I say standardisation
Talkback I'd love to say those were deliberate, but they weren't. Well spotted. Story changed. Although, I have to say, it is funny that we're having to make a call over which version of "standardi(s/z)ation" to use!
[April 2, 2008, 9:21]
So much for standardisation
Talkback Surely it would have been better and cheaper to get one working system that did what the GPs wanted and then roll it out?
[August 1, 2007, 14:16]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
News Industry observers have expressed concern about Microsoft's decision to submit the file formats for its new Office 12 applications to ECMA International, a European standards body. The software giant said on Monday that the creation of a fully...
[November 22, 2005, 16:55]
Singapore public sector aims for IT standardisation
News The majority of government agencies have made the transition to SOEasy, a massive initiative to standardise the IT operating environment for the public sector in Singapore. At a media session Thursday, Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority...
[September 11, 2009, 17:35]
Next-gen Wi-Fi close to standardisation
News After months of squabbling, the new, faster Wi-Fi standard that got derailed late in 2005 could finally be back on track, say people involved in the standards process. A revised draft of the specification known as 802.11n is expected to be...
[January 12, 2006, 9:15]
3G tech gets cheaper as standardisation takes hold
News The cost of building 3G network infrastructure is falling as the price of 3G processors fall, and operators revive their spending plans, according to a study published by IDC on Tuesday. IDC's Worldwide Base Station Semiconductor 2004-2008 Forecast...
[June 2, 2004, 17:35]
Healthcare IT pros call for standards
News NHS IT needs a greater emphasis on standards rather than standardisation, according to its representative body. The position is at odds with the NHS's National Programme for IT's (NPfIT) initial emphasis on the standardisation of systems.
[October 9, 2008, 15:42]
