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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...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel point
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel pointYes, but...There's always a but isn't there? Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I've observed Microsoft isn't really going to follow what the folk on the ISO committee are going to do to both fix and develop OXML.It is all just a deja vu...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Novell makes ODF-OOXML translator available
- Novell makes ODF-OOXML translator availableUntil MS has to conform to a real Standardthere will be no standard except MS's. Under documented, Patented, Hidden structures, and ever changing. Oh, and I bet the translater does far from a perfect job.Ya gotta love it!http://blogs.business2.com/beta/2007/03/us_government_b.htmlDeclaring victoryWell, it's certainly true that Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
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- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these daysOn the outside looking inIt's more like MS is on the outside looking in.Hyper-V is a proprietary lock-in solution. Xen, Citrix XenSource, SUN xVM, VMware all let IT run bare-metal Windows on Linux.It's a whole new ballgame."I am merely...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-end
- Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-endSlowly but surely going 64-bitI heard about the nominations for TAP and I was interested in joining but after reading about the requirements I think I will skip and hold out until the private technical beta. Its good to see Microsoft is moving...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-31
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- UK education agency nixes OOXML
- UK education agency nixes OOXMLSo because Open XML is not open enough ...... schools should save their documents in the far more closed and proprietary .doc and other file formats. And people are worried about the US educational system!Agree with this moveIt isn't a good idea to expect all the...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel point
- My apologies for not writing more this week. A rather interesting twist in my IT career occurred recently, which I'll relate later. It's exciting stuff which will involve lots of travel to rarely-visited parts of the world (well, rarely visited by me). But enough of that. I...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right
- UNIX - Let's get together and feel all rightEric may be right, it ttmight just be too much legal work, but, Sun couldGPL important parts that could be mixed with Linux. Of course that would mean they would have to move to Linux at some point and give up the...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Open XML takes another step forward
- Open XML takes another step forwardTipping pointSince the US vote was already approval, it's a safe bet that the US continuing to approve won't change much.How is standing still a step forward?Seems to me that MS already had the US vote Sept 2, so not changing their vote by the...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards Effort
- Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards EffortMessage has been deleted.Message has been deleted.Message has been deleted.Message has been deleted.That idiot's a billionaire....... whereas you... well...'nuff said.Wasting his time with a few million peopleThe idiot hardly wasted his time. He wrote a brief blog post, and a bunch...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- ODF, OOXML...and now UOF?
- ODF, OOXML...and now UOF?Data representationWell I would say there is a well-founded standard theoretical model for data representation. On the basis of this standard watching Microsoft move from archaic methods where the only way you can get at the data is through the application to the almost as archaic hierarchical...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Microsoft playing three card monte with XML conversion
- Microsoft playing three card monte with XML conversionMS intentionally hinders ODF, say it sin't so!How about all the pundits who state that OOXML should be an adopted standard? You mean MS unilaterally changed it? That's quite a standard you have there. It also provides fuel for those...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- File format wars: Is there more to ODF vs. OOXML than vendor politics?
- File format wars: Is there more to ODF vs. OOXML than vendor politics?TARDISYeah, but are they stuck with that stupid postbox or does theirs morph like it should?Microsoft, the lords of timeOh that wonderful 'open' standard. 6000 pages in which we learn tat any implementation of MS XML must be...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Which Office app are you?
- Which Office app are you?I'M OPENOFFICE.ORG CALC!OK, I took the survey. Now how do I get the last five minutes of my life back? ;)I thought so, too......and if it had reported something like "Outlook", I'd have said that. However, I'm an honest geek, and I report the numbers as...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
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