opendocument format Resources

Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

Data Loss Prevention - Strategies you can use to protect your company today
Live Webcast: Using High Availability, Replication and Virtualization for Business Continuity
Live Webcast: Reduce Your Costs and Prepare for Tomorrow with BMC CONTROL-M

ZDNet Resources

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

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
Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting and more Microsoft tidbits: Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting and more Microsoft tidbitsAll Yahoo's postponement will do....Is give more time for the eggs to rot some more and stink even worse when they're tossed at Jerry Yang by disgruntled shareholders.PDF => ODF> I wonder what really pushed Microsoft to do> an about-face on adding ODF...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Financial accounting, OpenDocument Format, shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., shareholder meeting, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-23
The company people want Microsoft to be: The company people want Microsoft to bewhat kind of compagny people want MS to beWell not very different that the one we have right now .... except no more fud ( if they have something again opensource just go to court and be done with it if linux...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office, Linux; Discussion threads 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 investiage Office support for ODF: EU to investiage Office support for ODFVery good to investigate early. This might be a trick to do the same thingto ODF that they did not Java. An incompatible and changing implementation would make everybody think that the problem is ODF, and that you need to use OOXML for things...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-22
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 ODF support looks good ... but on paper onlyOffice 14"Microsoft employees are far more invested in delivering Office 14 – the next generation Office suite that will incorporate support for the recently approved ISO approved OOXML specification developed out of Redmond. Naturally – their paychecks depend upon it."Maybe this...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Office 14, Microsoft ODF, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office; Discussion threads 2008-05-22
OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODF: OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODFIf they can't even support it themselveshow the heck do they expect other applications to support it?even M$ can't implement OOXMLwhile some people are cheerleading this bloated and broken standard.I expect to see M$ droping support for OOXML in the next office 'for technical...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OOXML backwards compatibility; Discussion threads 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 â€“ but on paper only. The devil is in the details â€“ 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: EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gapBlimey.[i]The European Union will investigate Microsoft’s support for the Open Document Format ODF in Office.[/i]If the Commission decides that Office support of ODF doesn't increase customer choice, that would imply that they potentially might prevent Microsoft from supporting this ISO standard?At the same time,...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format; Discussion threads 2008-05-22
EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap: The European Union will investigate Microsoft's support for the Open Document Format ODFÂ 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': Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens'I applaud the embracingBut I'll reserve judgment until we have an idea as to whether they plan on extending.Details, devil, all thatBesides being unable to set ODF support as the default (a deal-breaker for a lot of governments) I wonder what else Microsoft...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Adobe PDF, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., first-class citizen, Microsoft Office; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
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