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- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debate
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debateWhich side attacked?I have the impression that requiring Microsoft to go through the standards process was an attempt to make it more difficult to sell Office. The strategy: governments and perhaps other organizations could mandate that formats used for saving documents had...
- Tags: Vertical industries, XML, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., government, Microsoft Office, Open Office XML debate, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Google's Chrome, competition, and old pants
- Google's Chrome, competition, and old pantsLevels playing field[i]That’s one area that HTML, CSS and Javascript are going to have difficulties fixing without ceasing to be HTML, CSS and Javascript.[/i]Not really. There's no [i]a priori[/i] reason that a higher-level representation couldn't be compiled to lower levels like HCJ, and in...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Web browsers, Google Inc., JavaScript, Web browser, HTML, CSS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1All part of the MS plan to keep browsers dumbded down. If we had reallygood browsers, how would they get people to use MS proprietary solutions for rich internet applications.RE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1The title says Firefox 3.0.1The graph...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Quality, Adrian, Firefox 3.0.1, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days
- Novell took a lot of heat from open source backers for executing an interoperability pact with Microsoft in late 2006 but the partnership -- strengthened with a new $100 million investment from Microsoft today -- is probably looking sweeter to mixed IT shops these days. Why? Because of recent...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Interoperability, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Virtualization, OpenOffice, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-end
- Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-endSlowly but surely going 64-bitI heard about the nominations for TAP and I was interested in joining but after reading about the requirements I think I will skip and hold out until the private technical beta. Its good to see Microsoft is moving...
- Tags: Office 07, Microsoft Office, Office 14, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul
- Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haulFor the past week, everytime I shutdown XPI get a message saying 'an update is ready for installation'. I can't tell if XP is stuck in 'update forever' mode or if I'm slowly digesting these updates one day at a time.Is anyone else...
- Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back downIt lies with the winner?Microsoft didn't win--it did it's usual thing of lying and cheating to steal a result it couldn't earn. E.g.,http://deepakphatak.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is.htmlNot a standard, yetWith the appeals and the lack of publishing, it's still not a standard.OOXML is largely irrelevant and will "die"ISO...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Open XML, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- 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
- What might come of the OOXML revolt?
- What might come of the OOXML revolt?Okie dokieCan you point to who has implemented much if anything at all of OXML? Other posters indicate that Microsoft have said they can't because of changes made by the ISO to the standard (which hasn't actually been released as it was supposed to...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-05-31
- EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap
- EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gapBlimey.[i]The European Union will investigate Microsoft’s support for the Open Document Format ODF in Office.[/i]If the Commission decides that Office support of ODF doesn't increase customer choice, that would imply that they potentially might prevent Microsoft from supporting this ISO standard?At the same time,...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens'
- Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens'I applaud the embracingBut I'll reserve judgment until we have an idea as to whether they plan on extending.Details, devil, all thatBesides being unable to set ODF support as the default (a deal-breaker for a lot of governments) I wonder what else Microsoft...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Adobe PDF, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., first-class citizen, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- No Office 2007 for UK classrooms?
- No Office 2007 for UK classrooms?Three Thoughts1) When Office 2007 is compliant (validated by neutral 3rd party) to the ratified and soon to be released standard, they could lift the ban. In fairness to MS, there has not been time to evolve to the new standard, however, they should...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Stylus Studio 2008 XML Professional Suite Release 2 (exe)
- Stylus Studio 2008 XML Professional Suite is an XML editor for working with XML, XQuery, XSLT, XML schema and DTD, XPath, SQL or XML, HTML and XHTML, Java, XML mapping, data integration, and Web services. Stylus Studio 2008 XML Professional Suite includes support for XSLT 2.0, a new XML schema...
- Tags: Stylus Studio, Stylus Studio 2008 XML Professional Suite, Stylus Studio 2008, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-05-04
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel point
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel pointYes, but...There's always a but isn't there? Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I've observed Microsoft isn't really going to follow what the folk on the ISO committee are going to do to both fix and develop OXML.It is all just a deja vu...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., oXML
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel point
- My apologies for not writing more this week. A rather interesting twist in my IT career occurred recently, which I'll relate later. It's exciting stuff which will involve lots of travel to rarely-visited parts of the world (well, rarely visited by me). But enough of that. I...
- Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., Nothing, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- 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
- EU investigating OOXML vote
- EU investigating OOXML voteNot suprised at all given all of the dirty tricks. And, even if OOXML werenot approved, the actions are still just as bad.Are you surprised that the EU investigating OOXML vote?They are doing everything in their power to "evict" Microsoft from the EU, leaving only "homegrown" Linux...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., OOXML Standard
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's winBut of course he doesThat is all he ever does, complain about everybody else.All very good points he is making. A sad day, but, not sure we have heardthe end of it yet. There are bound to be appeals, and the EU is already...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, OOXML, ISO, Shuttleworth, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win
- Like it or not, Microsoft's OOXML – now known as IS 29500 -- has received the proper number of votes to become an ISO standard. And the Redmond, Washington company is wasting no time rejoicing the turnaround win. In his blog today, Jason Matusow,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), XML, Iso standards, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Quality, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
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