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- TextMaker Viewer 2010 (Windows)
- TextMaker Viewer is a free viewer for common word processing formats. It lets you open, view, and print documents from Microsoft Word, TextMaker, OpenOffice.org, OpenDocument as well as other common office file formats. This application will open a document created in Microsoft Word, TextMaker, or OpenDocument format. You will be...
- Tags: Word-processing, Microsoft Windows, OpenDocument Format, SoftMaker Software GmbH, TextMaker Viewer, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Word Processors, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-28
- 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
- Vote for open source
- Vote for open sourceTalk about FAIL...Why do you need these kinds of desperate measures just to get something accepted when it is supposed to be so much better to begin with? Can't it stand on its own?OSS, the ultimate FAIL.Pathetic, really...OSS needs some form of affirmative actionEU should learn...
- Tags: Party Discipline, open source, OSS, Talk about FAIL
- Discussion threads 2009-05-22
- 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
- Microsoft sends mixed patent message
- Microsoft sends mixed patent messagesame oldplain unsubstantiated M$ FUD.RE: Microsoft sends mixed patent messageThe message seems pretty clear. Its basically telling linux to watch its back and that their patents are not just a free for all. Microsoft has spent a lot for R&D on patents and its...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), UK Government, patent, Microsoft Corp., patent message, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28
- Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28Office that was not thereDo people still spend $700 for this?RE: Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28Sure thing, troll. I bet you pirated all those programs. I'll only wish you happy viruses....troll!Nope...But businesses do....Where do you think MS gets those Billions from?Yeah they doI use...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Office 2007 SP2, Service Pack 2
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- 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
- Texas Democrats push ODF standard
- Texas Democrats are trying to make open source into a partisan issue. Their vehicle is HB 481, authored by Marc Veasey of Ft. Worth, who has sought to make a reputation as a thorn in the side of Texas' ruling Republicans, supporting hate crimes legislation, mass transit,...
- Tags: Texas, Democrat, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Microsoft offers view into ODF 1.1, Open XML implementations for Office 2007 SP2
- Microsoft offers view into ODF 1.1, Open XML implementations for Office 2007 SP2The corpse stirrithBut it is still... "a dead format walking"........http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8722482021.htmlOOXML -- dead format walking?May 28, 2008Microsoft's controversial OOXML document format is not going anywhere, observes Jason Brooks in a blog posting at eWEEK. Brooks points to discrepancies between...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Web browsers, Service Pack 2, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-12-18
- 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
- Microsoft's OOXML viewers, translators, SDK to help interop with Firefox, OpenOffice?
- Microsoft's OOXML viewers, translators, SDK to help interop with Firefox, OpenOffice?Microsoft announcement URL, pleaseThe link provided in the article text merely jumps to another ZDNet news posting that also fails to provide a link to MS content.It is just that everybody stopped using .docx format, since most people cannot read...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft OOXML, Office Open XML, OpenOffice, SDK, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Microsoft's OOXML viewers, translators, SDK to help interop with Firefox, OpenOffice?
- I must admit I'm more than a bit skeptical when any company, Microsoft in particular, goes out of its way to make rivals' software work better with its own, especially if it's a cash cow product. But here we are, nine months after Microsoft announced its document...
- Tags: Interoperability, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office, SDK, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OpenXML Document Viewer, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Generating Generic XForms for OpenOffice
- Because OpenOffice's internal representation is ODF XML, it is natural to generate ODF from other XML formats using an XSLT transformation. This applies equally well to an XForm inside of an ODF document. One always needs to take a few things into account when making an XSLT transform, such as...
- Tags: XSLT, OpenDocument Format, XSLT Filter, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format (ODF), XML, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 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
- 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
- NY commits to open formats as MSFT supports ODF"Embrace, Extend, Extinguish"?O'Kelly's comments are not exactly reassuring to me - they are actually a bit scary. They recall Microsoft's old strategy of "embrace, extend, extinguish" used against Netscape and such: they deliver mediocre support, "extend" it with dubious features not...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, MSFT, O'Kelly
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
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