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Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip): With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down: After Hillary Clinton spoke last night I listened closely for what the loudspeakers would play. It was Tom Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down." (UPDATE: Clinton did back down Wednesday, with the official announcement now expected in two stages Friday and Saturday. OOXML opponents, meanwhile, fight on.)...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hillary Clinton, Office Open XML, Opponent, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-04
What might come of the OOXML revolt?: It's late, and in terms of the process it's hopeless, but the appeals of the ISO vote making Office Open XML OOXML an official standard could still have an impact. Andy Updegrove has been giving great coverage of all this at his Standards Blog, and writes that...; Tags: Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-31
NY commits to open formats as MSFT supports ODF: New York's CIO, Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart left, submitted a report to the governor and legislature, embracing open document formats but steering clear of picking favorites. Open document formats are a necessity since NY law requires the state to "conduct its business in an open, interoperable and transparent manner."...; Tags: New York, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, MSFT, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-23
The company people want Microsoft to be: The recent announcements regarding Microsoft's plans to include native support for ODF and PDF as part of Office 2007 SP2 was certainly unexpected. They had just managed to get OXML ratified by ISO, a move that was clearly aimed to counter a format that had benefited from its decision to...; Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, IM, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Instant Messaging, Game Players, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-05-23

Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting and more Microsoft tidbits: I've been out on tour for my new Microsoft 2.0 book this week and haven't been posting as regularly as usual. So here's a grab bag of a few Microsoft-related notes of interest. * Yahoo has postponed its shareholder meeting. Just when you thought the seemingly-never-ending Microsoft-Yahoo...; Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Windows, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Virtualization, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-23
News to know: Windows 7; Google's Safe browsing; Perlow's spine: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: How much do you need to know about Windows 7 today? Dancho Danchev: Google introducing Safe Browsing diagnostic to help owners of compromised sites Nate McFeters: More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen id leads to law suits Jason...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Twitter, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Emerging Technologies, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-23
EU to investigate Office support for ODF: The European Commission is taking a suspect view of Microsoft's upcoming support for ODF in Office. The EC reacted to the news with this statement: The Commission would welcome any step that Microsoft took towards genuine interoperability, more consumer choice and less vendor lock-in. The Commission will investigate...; Tags: Interoperability, Commission, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Microsoft's ODF support looks good ... but on paper only: Microsoft's pledge to support ODF as a native file format in Office 2007 SP2 is good news for OpenOffice – but on paper only. The devil is in the details – and Microsoft hasn't spelled out precisely how or if its ODF 1.1 implementation will support macros...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-22
EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap: The European Union will investigate Microsoft's support for the Open Document Format ODF in Office. It wonders whether the move increases competition. (Picture from BoycottNovell.) This comes just a day after Microsoft, with great fanfare, said it would add support for ODF, Adobe PDF and...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, European Union, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens': Big news on the open document format front: Microsoft announced press release minutes ago (actually about 18 hours early, since someone broke PCWorld scooped their embargo) that Office SP2 will include native, "first-class citizen" support for the open source Open Document Format, as well as Adobe's PDF and the...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-21
UK education agency nixes OOXML: Office Open XML – the open standard with a trademark in its name – might be good enough for the International Standards Organization but it's not acceptable to British schools, InfoWeek reports. "In the context of the education system," lack of truly open standards in Office 2007 "can result...; Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Agency, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-13
JDBReport Designer (zip): JDBReport - application for quick generating and printing reports. Includes designer, generator and viewer of reports. JDBReport Designer can help you quickly create the required report, generate and print it or export to another format (HTML, ODF, Excel XML). In the report templates can be integrated Java code, which is...; Tags: Report, Printing, JDBReport, Document Management, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Excel, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Microsoft Office, Office Suites; Software downloads 2008-04-22
Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win: Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML is a "sad" day for ISO and the computing public. "I think it de-values the confidence people have in the standards setting process," Shuttleworth said in an interview just hours after the...; Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Standard, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 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
Microsoft claims victory in ISO struggle over OOXML: Microsoft today sent out a press statement claiming victory for Office Open XML, the Microsoft Office file format it has been trying to make an international standard through the International Standards Organization ISO. The e-mail reads in part: While the final vote has not yet been...; Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-01
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
OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned: The votes have been tallied but it's still not 100 percent certain that Microsoft's Office Open XML OOXML document-format is going to become an ISO standard. (Supposedly, the vote is still too close to call and neither ISO nor Microsoft is yet discussing the final results. But...; Tags: Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Government Contract, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe: Looks like Microsoft's Office Open XML will be an ISO standard after all. Maybe. Pundits – even OOXML rivals --predicted on Sunday that the Redmond, Wash. software giant has amassed the required number of votes to pull it over the goal line. Of course, a final vote...; Tags: Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-31
OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care?: Those of us in educational technology, at least in the K-12 segment, don't tend to produce a lot of documents that someone will want to read in 10 years. At the university level, where the publish or perish dogma is a alive and well, researchers are producing plenty of...; Tags: Document, ISO, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), XML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-30