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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

OOXML standard vote down to the wire

OOXML standard vote down to the wireFor the latest OOXML vote news...unfettered by potential or imaginable gravitational warpage by commercial interests, visit Groklaw (http://www.groklaw.net/.Thanks for the link........And..... For all the poor deluded people who cannot think outside the Microsoft box... here is a roundup of current events: The world grew...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards vote

Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards voteWhat I think is funny . . .is that if MS would just include ODF in Office 2007, we wouldn't be having this conversation. They would meet the Open standards set by Gov agencies, AND maintain their dominance in the Office...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML Standard, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Additional Resources

Altova StyleVision Enterprise Edition 2010 (Windows)

Altova StyleVision 2010 Enterprise Edition is a powerful visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL, and database data into HTML, RTF, PDF, and OOXML/Word 2007 output, and creating e-Forms. It is standards-compliant and supports XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. StyleVision is optimized for single...

Tags: Altova, Microsoft Windows, XBRL, Altova StyleVision, Altova StyleVision 2010 Enterprise Edition, XML, Financial Accounting, Storage, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Finance, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-16

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

MSFT appeals judge's block of Word

It is hard to be sympathetic...... to a company that a wilfully infringed the patent in the first place, and b is more than happy to rattle the same software patent sabre at other companies when it's in its own interests to do so.Letting MS off the hook would basically...

Tags: Microsoft Word, I4i, Microsoft Corp., patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

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

Microsoft still pushing a standards tax

You make an assumption that is not true"If a standard includes ?IP restrictions? of any sort, especially royalties no matter how reasonable or necessary you consider them you?re imposing a tax on all users for your invention."Excuse me? Take for example Flash. Do they not license On2's proprietary "IP restricted"...

Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., tax

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

HTML 5 drops open-source video codec

HTML 5 drops open-source video codec Codec sillinessHas anybody even considered On2's VP6 codec? It practically "runs the web" as far as progressive video playback is concerned. VP6 is, if you don't know already, the primary codec that Flash uses.Video for EverybodyHere is a link to a good...

Tags: Web browsers, VP6, Theora, Bink, codec, Apple Inc., H.264, open-source video codec, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?

Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...

Tags: .NET, Programming languages, C#, Stallman C#, Stallman, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability

In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one. ODF is a...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, astroturfing, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Microsoft backs document-format test tool

Microsoft backs document-format test toolGreat ArticleThis is a really positive step for Microsoft.Finally, the Open XML-ODF Translator has been improved.You mean there's actually a chance it might work now? Somehow I doubt it. If Microsoft is "in competition with" ODF then it's in their best interest (as in...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, tool

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in Excel

Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in ExcelSo let me get this straightMicrosoft is finally following standards and everyone is all pissed off because the standards are incomplete and ambiguous?Wow, talk about damned if you do, damed if you don't.RE: Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in ExcelAnd if everyone...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, ODF spec, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., ODF glitch, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Tech giants form open cloud standards group

Tech giants form open cloud standards group And "they" are there to OOXML the whole thing.Have no doubt.Complaints about their anti-competitive behaviour within 12 months. Guaranteed.Cloud Computing is NOT Safe!!!!!!!!!!!Just another venue for criminals to steal our information, corporations to outsource our data to countries who could give a crap...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Tech Giants, standards group

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

The Linux laptops of 2009

The Linux laptops of 2009Familiaraity breaks down with cellphones...Thats why I found it interesting to see this article mention cellphones. In additions Shuttleworth recently said something very similar to the point I have been making for a while about smartphones.People don't care what their smartphone OS looks like. Theres no...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Smart phones, Operating systems, Linux laptop, netbook, Linux, smart phone, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Texas Democrats push ODF standard

Texas Democrats push ODF standardMS view is anti-competitive when using an open standard Bet they would not say that if the bill supported their format.the bill is supported by smart TexansTexas gave us some of the best people in the nation.It is no surprise that astute people from there see...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, open standard, Microsoft Corp., ISO, docx

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PC

Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PCRE: Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PCIt's a bit late - the iPhone is heading the same way from another direction. I don't think the iPhone is going to violate this patent because there won't be a second CPU in the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, Keyboards, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, Microsoft Patents, PC, patent, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Microsoft offers view into ODF 1.1, Open XML implementations for Office 2007 SP2

Microsoft seems to be in the spirit of giving this holiday season. On Tuesday, the company released details about its implementation of Open Document Format 1.1 -- and Open XML -- for its forthcoming Office 2007 Service Pack 2, due early next year. More...

Tags: Developer, Microsoft Office 2007, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, ODF 1.1 Note, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-17