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- It's official: OOXML is a standard
- It's official: OOXML is a standardA right decisionYou can only FUD so much.Now......we get to see who's going to implement it and how much of it will be implemented. Note that if multiple vendors are using the same MS-Windows API to support OOXML, they're not creating independent implementations of...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Fast Tracking, Office Open XML, oXML, OSI, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- 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
- Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standard
- Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standardsurely OOXML should not be standardEver we dont need google to tell it to us. But if google really wanna put a end to MS Make a OS damn'it a nice BSD knockoff like apple is doingThe axis of...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standard
- Google said that after "further technical analysis" of Microsoft's OOXML document standard the search giant has concluded that it's an "insufficient and unnecessary standard, designed purely around the needs of Microsoft Office." You can file this argument in the "and what did you expect Google to say"...
- Tags: Google Inc., ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Microsoft Obviously, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Did the W3C acknowledge CDF's potential as an office format (vs ODF) in newly public e-mail?
- Last week, after interviewing most of the players involved in a controversy regarding the future of the OpenDocument Format (a controversy mostly rooted in the confusion of two nearly identical but very different acronyms: ODf and ODF), I noted that some of those players -- IBM, the World Wide Web...
- Tags: W3C, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., CDF, Edwards, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- 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
- OpenDocument Foundation's 'woes' have little to do with OpenDoc Format's future
- OpenDocument Foundation's 'woes' have little to do with OpenDoc Format's futureThere will never be a shortageof those who oppose freedom and support the rich and powerful. Will they be able to fool all the people, all the time?Never! There will always be at least one holdout........ Me!Good summation.This OD Foundation...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OSI, James Thurber, OpenDoc Format, OpenDocument Foundation, OpenDoc
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Will GNOME split give Microsoft Open XML standards win?
- Microsoft's efforts to overturn a vote earlier this year denying its Open XML "fast track" standards certification seem to be getting a boost from the GNOME Foundation. GNOME Foundation founder Miguel deIcaza is a Novell employee, and his actions have been closely scrutinized since Microsoft signed its...
- Tags: Gnome Foundation, Microsoft Office, GNOME, XML, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- What is stalling open source in healthcare?
- What is stalling open source in healthcare?Canada has a universal care system, but not FLOSSI'm Canadian, looking at this from a different perspective.I don't think that whether there is public health insurance or even better a public health care (not a "just in time sick care insurance") really affects whether...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, FLOSS, open source, health care
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- ComputerWorld: Microsoft legislatively TKO's open document formats. At least stateside.
- ComputerWorld: Microsoft legislatively TKO's open document formats. At least stateside.When I first heard this[i]"For example, China, where they're working on their own open document format. Proving that "public" policy can be a motivating factor for vendors like Microsoft, the company will apparently be supporting China's Uniform Office Format UOF —...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., Computerworld, OpenDocument Format, XML
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- California may adopt OpenDocument
- California may adopt OpenDocumentThis will make Billy and Stevie squirm some more.It will be fun to hear all of the reasons free and open standards are not good, and proprietary standards that can be used to disadvantage competitors are good.Here is where Microsoft's legal department kicks in.Bill Gates and Microsoft...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Google Apps Doesn't Compete
- Google Apps Doesn't CompeteWhoops, ZDNet team fails to actually USE Google Apps prior to story!Guys,you best look at Google Apps - I mean use it!OFFICE is it's target boys and it does a great job of it too!Our company (Fortune 50) signed up for it!!No, doesn't compete now, but, they...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Word processors, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- How to alienate your government customers 101?
- Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. Some tech media outlet would send one of its bloodhounds on the trail that was left in the wake of Massachusetts decision to standardize on the OpenDocument Format ODFfor the archival and retrieval of productivity documents (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.) to see...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Government, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-05
- Novell: We're adding Microsoft OpenXML support to OpenOffice.org
- Wow. Barely a week has passed since Corel announced that Wordperfect Office Suite would be supporting both the OpenDocument Format and Microsofts OpenXML, and now, it looks like OpenOffice.org will be the second office suite to incorporate support for both formats thanks to the efforts of Novell (although the press...
- Tags: OpenOffice.org, OpenDocument Format, Novell Inc., Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, Legal, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- Another Massachusetts CIO bites the dust (that's two down in a year)
- Another Massachusetts CIO bites the dust (that's two down in a year)ConstituenciesKeep in mind that there's a lot more going on than the ODF tempest-in-a-teapot. The CIO's office has been trying to actually pull together a IT structure for the Administrative branch, and that's stepping on a lot of...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, hot air
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Massachusetts CIO quits
- Massachusetts CIO quitsWhat else is newLack of funds that is.Once again...The bureaucrats run a competent person out of office because they don't adhere to the "acceptable politics" of the situation. There are budget shortfalls and going to open source could have saved MA alot of money...yet the politicos refuse...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, Microsoft Corp., Abramoff
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Another Massachusetts CIO bites the dust (that's two down in a year)
- News.coms Martin Lamonica: The chief information officer of Massachusetts is stepping down, complaining about a lack of funding for the commonwealths technology initiatives. Louis Gutierrez on Tuesday sent his letter of resignation to the states secretary of administration and finance, Thomas Trimarco. The letter blasts the...
- Tags: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- Mass. to use Microsoft Office in OpenDocument plan
- Mass. to use Microsoft Office in OpenDocument planWell, as long as they make a researched and reasoned decisionthey could do whatever. I'm sure OpenDocument will address any accessibility issues that crosses it path, and then govt agencies can either continue using MS, Corel, Lotus, or StarOffice and their native...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-08-24
- Open Source Initiative gets into the game of defining 'open'
- Ever since the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' definition of an open standard was thrust into the spotlight as the state's IT department looked to establish the OpenDocument Format as the standard file format for electronically saving and retrieving state documents, the definition of what it means for something (a standard, source...
- Tags: Open Source Initiative, open standard
- Blog posts 2006-07-28
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