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- Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML
- Microsoft today launched an update of its OpenXML and ODF translator for its Excel and Powerpoint applications and pledged to keep churning out more documentation to enable interoperability -- and more patents to protect that IP. Following its interoperability announcement on Feb 21, the...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenXML, Interoperability Initiative, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open Source, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- OpenDocument or OpenXML: Do you care?
- OpenDocument or OpenXML: Do you care?ChorusAn interesting thing about a chorus is that you can't have a dialog with one.[i]Microsoft counters that OpenDocument can’t support everything they need to do to build the product their customers want. Edwards counters with detailed and sometimes subtle arguments, but his primary point is...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Word processors, Microsoft Word, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenXML, Microsoft Office 2007, Feature Refresh, Microsoft Word 2007
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Saving government docs with OpenDoc
- Here's the problem. Government agencies create documents in commercial software. Commercial software saves documents in proprietary formats. Proprietary formats either require specific, often expensive software, to open them, or increasingly likely over time, become extremely difficult to read at all. The Times reports on a brewing battle over the...
- Tags: OpenDoc, OPENXML
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
- The political meaning of open
- Open source is not a political issue, but it sometimes plays one on TV. There are times when both sides in open source debates use what sounds like political rhetoric to demonize the other side. Here are some examples, Shai Agassi's "IP Socialism" gaffe, which followed Bill Gates' earlier comment...
- Tags: rhetoric, open source, OPENXML
- Blog posts 2005-11-22
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- Go-OO (exe)
- Go-OO is an OpenOffice.org fork that features faster load and response times, and several features not included in the standard version of the program. Go-OO's user interface is more familiar, with lots of small pieces of polish. Go-OO has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Go-OO.org, Go-OO, Office Suites, OpenOffice, Productivity, Word Processors, Microsoft Excel, Software, Microsoft Office
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- 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
- OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned
- OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learnedIt taught Microsoft that its days are numberedas an all powerful monopoly, and that it cannot just run roughshod wherever it likes without an equal and opposite reaction.It's taught us, the community, that maybe it's time to start lots of lobbying of our own. Perhaps lots...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Lessons Learned, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- News to know: AMD; Google; Oracle worries; Eluma; Nuospace
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors Larry Dignan: Google paid click growth sluggish in February; More worries emerge. Techmeme. Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries Dennis Howlett: Nuospace: enterprise collaboration for the rest...
- Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard Czechmate
- Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard CzechmateM$ should withdraw OOXML fron ISOotherwise the OSS will speak out and M$ will have be embarased by the vote made by informed membbers.An eventual adoption of OOXML will cause backlash from FOSS loving countries and riots in Europe.MS Buyed votes in my countryFirst, sorry...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, ISO, boycott
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard Czechmate
- Microsoft thinks it has the votes to get Office OpenXML OOXML, the format of Microsoft Office, approved as an ISO standard. The key, it says, was a decision by the Czech Standards Institute to approve the format. A Microsoft spokesperson wrote to ZDNet: This represents...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Vote, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Office, Quality, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise
- Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promiseMS only has our best interest in mind.NOT!Keep it simple stupid is a good standard, MS standard is anything but simple.Let's see if I get this straightThe main gist of the paper is that OSP is not GPL and this, therefore, proves that...
- Tags: MS Only, Microsoft Corp., GPL, OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- U.S. to plug Open XML as an ISO standard
- The United States is likely to recommend Microsoft's Open XML standard as an international standard. News.com's Martin LaMonica reports: Two members of the technical committee tasked with setting the national position on a pivotal vote said the States will retain its...
- Tags: Wish, ISO, Durusau, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, XML, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- News to know: iPhone; Mix; Patch day preview; Eee PC 900
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: iPhone goes corporate bigtime. David Morgenstern: Reporter's Notebook: $100 million to promote iPhone apps Mary Jo Foley: Apple finally acknowledges iPhone's Exchange support Russell Shaw: What one developer thinks about iPhone SDK How long til the iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, PC, Microsoft Corp., CeBit, Linux, Productivity, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML
- Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXMLHow stupidCan people get? "We'll talk about the price later, just buy our crap now. Trust us! Have we ever lied?"This is a 6-month solutionThis Microsoft-Novell software OdfConverter will be mostly obsolete in 6 months when...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office-OpenOffice XML, Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ISO
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO
- In all the talk (and there's been plenty of talk) concerning the ISO meetings on Office OpenXML OOXML one point stands out. (Picture from Stephesblog.) The U.S. voted no. As Andy Updegrove notes, the vote involved approving over 900 changes to OOXML meant to...
- Tags: U.S., Microsoft Office, Idea, Problem, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- News to know: Vista SP1 hacks and 551 bugs; Apple patch; RIM outage
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: More information on the Vista SP1 activation hack. Gallery right. George Ou: Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole RIM notifies of 'critical' BlackBerry outage. Russell...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Outage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Expect+OpenXML+win+for+Microsoft+at+ISO
- Expect+OpenXML+win+for+Microsoft+at+ISOMany standards are owned by someone.I don't undersand some people stand on this issue. When it comes to office automation, Microsoft is the dominant player. Yeah, we've got all Open Offices and Google apps and the like, but they are insignificant compared to Office. A standard that...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, Adobe PDF, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Expect OpenXML win for Microsoft at ISO
- It's the nature of the system, admits Andy Updegrove, legal advisor to the Linux Foundation. The format of Microsoft Office will likely become an official International Standards Organization standard at the end of this month.  (Picture by Dan Bricklin, taken at the Harvard Faculty Club...
- Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., Andy Updegrove, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Opportunity computing?
- Do you believe in opportunity computing? Etelos is offering this as a new buzzword. It basically describes a collection of hardware and software resources which can be quickly deployed out to users, as opportunity arises. This is contrasted with utility computing,...
- Tags: Computing, Opportunity Computing, Etelos, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Super Friday to climax Microsoft Open XML push
- Forget Super Tuesday. Consider Super Friday. Super Friday is February 29, the end of the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting which will decide the fate of Open XML as an ISO standard. Opponents say Microsoft has been packing national standards bodies to assure a "yes"Â vote...
- Tags: XML, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Super Friday, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
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