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- OpenDocument Format community steadfast despite theatrics of now impotent 'Foundation'
- When in mid-October 2007, the OpenDocument Foundation (ODf, yes, that's a little "f" that's not to be confused with the OASIS- and 400-member strong OpenDocument Alliance-backed big F-ODF: the OpenDocument Format) announced that the World Wide Web Consoritum (W3C)-backed Common Document Format CDF was the heir-apparent to what it believed...
- Tags: W3C, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Foundation, ODf, Matusow, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards Effort
- Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards EffortMessage has been deleted.Message has been deleted.Message has been deleted.Message has been deleted.That idiot's a billionaire....... whereas you... well...'nuff said.Wasting his time with a few million peopleThe idiot hardly wasted his time. He wrote a brief blog post, and a bunch...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Ubuntu, odf, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Microsoft’s 4th of July Trans-Atlantic assault on document standards
- On what is normally a slow period for news, Microsoft launched a concerted campaign to displace ODF and PDF as document access and retention standards on both sides of the Atlantic. Microsoft has proposed and lobbied for OOXML as an alternative to ODF and XPS as an alternative to Adobe’s...
- Tags: Standards, OOXML, ODF, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- ODF, OOXML...and now UOF?
- UOF, or Uniform Office Format, is a document format created by the Chinese government that has catapulted to prominence, at least in China, due to its use by government and a Chinese population making greater use of computing technology. Scott McNealy, Sun's chairman, has called for the merging of...
- Tags: Office 2007, Office, ODF
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Responding to Mr. Allison on ODF
- Jeremy Allison, in a recent article for ZDNet, complains that Microsoft prevents little girls from turning in their homework. Okay, thats not precisely true. After dropping a few anti-Vista dings, he explained the problems he had trying to open Office XML files in OpenOffice, and used that as reason to...
- Tags: General, ODF, Office, Office 2007, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Thoughts on standards
- A lot of people are of the opinion that there should be only one standard for any particular problem domain. You hear that most often from people in the ODF camp (though that might be somewhat self-serving), but you even hear it to a certain extent from fans of HTML...
- Tags: ODF, General, Economic Policy
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- ODF vs. OOXML - the way I see it
- In a blog post on Friday, I asked in the title whether ODF has sufficient detail after discovering a post by Miguel de Icazas on the subject of ODF vs. OOXML. The point from that post I keyed on was that 6,000 pages isnt a problem so long as those...
- Tags: General, IT Management, ODF, Office, Office 2007, Open Source, PC Forum, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- Does ODF lack sufficient detail?
- I missed this blog post by Mary Jo Foley on the debates surrounding ratification of OOXML by ISO. Unlike printed newspapers, however, which get thrown away shortly after the day for which they were printed has passed, online articles stick around forever. Heck, every article Ive ever written for ZDNet...
- Tags: General, ODF, Office, Office 2007, Open Source, PC Forum, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Stop bashing the Novell / Microsoft agreement
- Fans of the GPL are still acting like Microsoft ran over the family pet in its recent agreement with Novell. This example from Groklaw, to which Miguel de Icaza responded, is a good example. In it, the author explains the effects, as he or she sees it, of the agreement:...
- Tags: patent, ODF, PC Forum, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Open Source, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-11
- In Focus: ODF
- See ZDNet's focus on ODF for the latest news and perspectives from around the blogosphere.
- Tags: ODF
- Blog posts 2006-05-09
- Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'
- Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'But, will there be aSun Blade available to pull the source, . . hardware may have gone obsolete, . . but none the less, yes a standard would be nice to decide on. Of course, you can't beat a book, . . ....
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Word processors, grid, odf, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenDocument Format, Alzheimer's disease
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
Additional Resources
- GS-Calc 8.0 (Windows)
- GS-Calc is a spreadsheet that will help you to better organize your data. Track your expenses and incomes, create reports, search and edit databases, perform statistical calculations. GS-Calc does the job quickly, easily and efficiently. You can install it on any portable storage device and carry it with you. The...
- Tags: Formula, Microsoft Windows, Citadel5, GS-Calc, OpenDocument Format (ODF), ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Productivity, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org
- re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OpenOffice, Workforce management, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., compatibility issue
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.Org
- RE: Saying goodbye to OpenOffice.OrgMS Office appears to be a really expensive trap. Your solution: Softmakerhttp://www.softmaker.comSuperior compatibility with all MS versions. No bloatware. Simply solid German engineering.If this came from a credible author I would be confused too butMr Kusnetzky has an habit of interspersing his zdnet stream with...
- Tags: goodbye, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Why open source remains an ideological divide
- Oh that was superb.Open Source.Stand for something! :)you are ideological from the startIf you want to remove ideology from the equation your clearly state your needs - functionnal, commercial and technical support ... etc, and compare available solutions.Price might be a key factor and it might not; availability of srouce...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OSS, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken
- They will patchand then will try vigorously to render the offending patent invalid.i4i will become the next Eolas: irrelevant but with a lot of money from MS.If you don't infringe, then why do you care to provethe patent is invalid?Because a court does think you infringeDo you know what is...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, patent, I4i, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Lotus Symphony 1.3 (Mac)
- The IBM Lotus Symphony suite--which is available at no charge--can help you take back control of your IT budget while giving most users the tools they need to excel at their jobs. Designed to handle the tasks that most people perform in a professional setting, IBM Lotus Symphony tools enable...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, OpenDocument Format, Spreadsheet, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format (ODF), Productivity, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2009-08-20
- Word ban threatens industry? Not mine
- Case in TexasIs an example of idiotic patent litigation. The case shouldn't even exist.-MChris, you need to get out of your bubble moreIt is very likely that the patent in question is also violated in other office suites that use XML.The issue isn't whether you can smugly say that you...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Juggernaut, Microsoft Corp., XML, I4i, patent, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word
- Well...It's kind of odd/fun/amusing that Microsoft after doing its big OOXML song and dance is being hoist on its own petard by a patent on custom XML.I do wonder if Microsoft in stumping up OOXML did much at all in the way of diligence with regard to patents on custom...
- Tags: XML, Microsoft Corp., patent, Custom XML, Custom Inc., Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
- counter productiveIsn't XML meant to provide a standard format for storing and transferring data? This lawsuit will just make other companies more cautious about using XML which will basically negate any attempt to make XML a standard. In my opinion, i4i never should have received a patent on...
- Tags: KARMA, Microsoft Word, patent, XML, I4i, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
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