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OOXML vs. ODF: What's happening this week: From February 25 to 29 in Geneva, the next step in the seemingly never-ending show-down over whether Microsoft's Office Open XML document format should be granted ISO standard status is taking place. Microsoft is interested in gaining ISO's approval for OOXML so that it can tout the...; Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, BRM, Q, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-25

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Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML: Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXMLSo let me get this straight....... during an investigation of irregularities in the vote they are allowing an appeal after the dealine. Priceless!Glad to see it.When a company can't even implement their own creation that speaks for itself.No surprise on...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Venezuelan Government, ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, irregularity; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML: This really can't come as much of a surprise, but the list of countries protesting the ISO approval of OOXML is getting longer. Venezuela's appeal has been accepted by the IEC International Electrotechnical Commission but the jury is still out on Denmark. Friday, the IEC said that...; Tags: Venezuela, Appeal, Office Open XML, Denmark, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML vote: Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML voteAsk any lawyer[i]Ultimate question: Now that three formal appeals have been filed, is the Joint Technical Committee going to take them seriously?[/i]Well, we can start by asking "what happens if they don't?" We can look in the Directives for answers there, for instance...; Tags: ISO standards, Office Open XML, ISO, anti-MS, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-30
Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML vote: Brazil, India and South Africa have filed appeals to the ISO/IEC approval of Microsoft's OOXML. At the Standards Blog, Andy Updegrove outlines some of the issues: Brazil's objections fall under two main headings, the second of which was also raised by South Africa. That...; Tags: Brazil, Appeal, South Africa, Office Open XML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-30

Increase Business Agility Through BRM Systems and SOA: Best Bets to Increase ROI on Your Enterprise Applications: The widespread acceptance of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA proves that enterprises have realized the promise of this technology. That promise of increased agility comes from a basic software design principle: loose coupling. SOA allows for business functions to be exposed as independent services. Web services, which is one way to implement...; Tags: ROI, SOA, Agility, Enterprise Application, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-05-27
ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks': ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'Or else ... ?[i]All members of the SC 34 committee will have to be given access to the final text of the OOXML standard by May 1 at the latest, the meeting also resolved.[/i]Considering that ISO directives require that that final text...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO, OOXML, attack, personal attack; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote: While ISO isn't set to announce the official voting tally until tomorrow, the OpenDoc Society has posted to a mailing list what it claims are the final results indicating that Microsoft will be granted ISO approval for its Office Open XML OOXML document format. According to the...; Tags: ISO, OOXML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking: The politicking is almost over. At midnight Central European Time on Saturday March 29, voting regarding whether Microsoft's Open Office XML OOXML document format will get ISO standards approval will close. For the past month -- ever since the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting BRM in Geneva ended...; Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Standardization, Politicking, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Why we still hate Microsoft: Why we still hate MicrosoftPlease tell me my political agenda?I was very careful here not to state my own feelings toward Mrs. Clinton, or Mr. Clinton. I merely passed on what those who distrust both feel, and compared it to the reasons people have for distrusting Microsoft.It's a free world...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source; Discussion threads 2008-03-28
U.K. may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML: U.K. may make last-minute U-turn on OOXMLExcept ...Kenya has apparently changed from "approve" to "abstain" and a few others appear to be in the wind. That includes Cuba, who complains that their previous vote was "disapprove" but was recorded as "approve." This time they're trying to take no...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Kenya, OOXML, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-03-27
Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard Czechmate: Microsoft thinks it has the votes to get Office OpenXML OOXML, the format of Microsoft Office, approved as an ISO standard. The key, it says, was a decision by the Czech Standards Institute to approve the format. A Microsoft spokesperson wrote to ZDNet: This represents...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Vote, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Office, Quality, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise: Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promiseMS only has our best interest in mind.NOT!Keep it simple stupid is a good standard, MS standard is anything but simple.Let's see if I get this straightThe main gist of the paper is that OSP is not GPL and this, therefore, proves that...; Tags: MS Only, Microsoft Corp., GPL, OOXML; Discussion threads 2008-03-14
Microsoft presses on regardless with OOXML SDK: Microsoft presses on regardless with OOXML SDKExcellent!And yeah, some MS bashers will whine, the rest of the world will move ahead.SpiteCan you really call it spite if people oppose a standard that actually contains a company's product's name? Seems like a fair enough objection to me.I'm Shocked![i]Durusau has an interesting...; Tags: Quality, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, OOXML SDK, SDK; Discussion threads 2008-03-13
Open XML takes another step forward: Looks like Microsoft's OOXML is continuing its march towards approval. Doug Mahugh of Microsoft posted Friday that: "I and the other members of the US delegation to the BRM ... are recommending that the US maintain its Approve position on DIS 29500. The next step will be for the...; Tags: Ars Technica, Standard, XML, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-10
U.S. to plug Open XML as an ISO standard: U.S. to plug Open XML as an ISO standardOpen XML is now deadThe rest of the world is severely pissed at America right now, and coming right after Bush blocked a law that would have made Torture illegal, I'm expecting the world to take a dim view of anything America...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Durusau, Fast Track, ISO, OOXML, Open XML, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO: The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISOHoly Spin, you must be dizzy![B]Those advocating greater sales of products other than Microsoft Office see this as their best opportunity to prevent the free market from operating as expected,[/B]There was no free market, this may well be the start of...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., ISO, free market, Microsoft Office; Discussion threads 2008-03-02
Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given: Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a givenIt's a sad day in Hooterville.........When not even one blogger or announcer know what a "Standard" method of accomplishing a task is.Even considering OOXML as a "standard" is like unto calling a car a "standard" for driving on a highway....; Tags: Government, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO standards; Discussion threads 2008-03-01
Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stack: Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stackInteroperability works both ways.If you want to rip out that Linux server, the fact that it works with Microsoft products as Microsoft intends helps assure that you won't (what?) miss a beat by eliminating the foreign element.You have many Microsoft products already and...; Tags: game, Microsoft Corp., real game, interoperability; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
Is Vista to blame for Mac, Linux popularity?: Is Vista to blame for Mac, Linux popularity?nice articleWell written.So true, mis-guided beliefs will only bite you in the rear. However 'Perception is Reality' is a distortion effect that muddies the water and makes one learn the hard way.Windows is the best OS out there (far far ahead of any...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Mac Linux, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-07-17