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- 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...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Few People, KARMA, Steve B, OOXML, Company-A, OpenDocument Format, Company B, UOF
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- ODF, OOXML...and now UOF?
- UOF, or Uniform Office Format, is a document format created by the Chinese government that has catapulted to prominence, at least in China, due to its use by government and a Chinese population making greater use of computing technology. Scott McNealy, Sun's chairman, has called for the merging of...
- Tags: Office 2007, Office, ODF
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
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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...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Fast Tracking, Office Open XML, oXML, OSI, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- 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
- 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
- Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standard
- Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardOk..."...argue there is no need for a rival standard to the widely used Open Document Format ODF..."I don't know a single person who uses it.RE: Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardMicrosoft does not need a "standard" for companies to be able...
- Tags: Open XML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Gets, open standard
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Microsoft starts rolling out more OOXML translators
- Over the next three months, Microsoft will be releasing new and updated translators designed to aid customers who want interoperability between Microsoft's Office Open XML OOXML and other document formats, including Open Document Format ODF. On December 4, Microsoft began rolling out three new translators that...
- Tags: Interoperability, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- ODF and differences of opinion
- When I read that the OpenDocument Foundation had decided to back away from work on ODF in favor of CDF (a W3C-backed standard) out of a belief that ODF wouldn't achieve the real-world interoperability goals the OpenDocument Foundation was originally created to achieve, I wondered whether I should bother with...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- ComputerWorld: Microsoft legislatively TKO's open document formats. At least stateside.
- ComputerWorld: Microsoft legislatively TKO's open document formats. At least stateside.When I first heard this[i]"For example, China, where they’re working on their own open document format. Proving that “public” policy can be a motivating factor for vendors like Microsoft, the company will apparently be supporting China’s Uniform Office Format UOF —...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., Computerworld, OpenDocument Format, XML
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- ComputerWorld: Microsoft legislatively TKO's open document formats. At least stateside.
- ComputerWorld has a five-page report this morning detailing how Microsoft has managed to score a technical knockout of open document formats not necessarily the OpenDocument Format in five out of six states. The story sheds a bit of light on how closely and in some cases quickly vendors are working...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Open Source, Office 2.0, Legal, IT Management, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Google Apps To-Do Item #72: Make OpenOffice.org into a Google Apps' offline client
- Google Apps To-Do Item #72: Make OpenOffice.org into a Google Apps' offline clientEiOfficeHi David,You might want to check out EIOffice from Evermore Integrated Office at: http://www.evermoresw.com/weben/index.jsp"It's a 100% Java based clone of MSOffice that has excellent integration features. They've even cloned the proprietary file formats, but it shouldn't take...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- China's own document standard: A clear message to US IT vendors?
- Fresh off giving a keynote speech in Beijing during an event that was organized by the Chinese National Institution of Standardization the CNIS, Andy Updegrove is now stateside with a report that the Chinese government has come up with its own document standard called the Uniform Office Format or UOF....
- Tags: Uniform Office Format, CNIS, Office 2.0, Government, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- China's own document standard: A clear message to US IT vendors?
- Fresh off giving a keynote speech in Beijing during an event that was organized by the Chinese National Institution of Standardization the CNIS, Andy Updegrove is now stateside with a report that the Chinese government has come up with its own document standard called the Uniform Office Format or UOF....
- Tags: General, Open Source, IT Management, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Government, Office 2.0, Berlind, CNIS, Uniform Office Format
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
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