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OOXML - Microsoft admits to standards naivety
News Microsoft has admitted that, despite being one of the dominant names in IT for more than 30 years, it had little or no experience of software standards until the company was mid-way through the process of getting Office Open XML approved by the... [24 Jun 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News At the end of April, the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) applied for a judicial review of the British Standards Institution's (BSI's) decision to vote 'yes' in an international vote on whether to standardise Office Open XML (OOXML). [23 Jun 2008]
EC pledges open standards support
News The Commission also said earlier this year it would investigate allegations about Microsoft's behaviour, including allegations of rigged voting during International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) accreditation for Microsoft Office Open XML... [12 Jun 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News A Microsoft spokesperson said: "We already substantially support IS29500 [the Open XML specification that was recently approved by ISO/IEC members] in Office 2007 and we've announced our plans to update that support in the next version of Office... [23 May 2008]
OOXML row continues
News The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format. [02 May 2008]
Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML
News Word documents generated by today's version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to tests run by a document standards... [21 Apr 2008]
Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News The developer of XML and a former International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee chair have both claimed Microsoft was interested in having Office Open XML (OOXML) accredited as an international standard in order to forward the... [21 Apr 2008]
OOXML standard: ISO calls for end to 'personal attacks'
News The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. The move came as an ISO committee meeting in Norway attracted protesters, who gathered to... [15 Apr 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News European antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft abused its desktop software market dominance in its effort to get the Office Open XML file formats standardised. On Wednesday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO... [04 Apr 2008]
OOXML standard on a knife-edge
News The British Standards Institution (BSI) could change sides, days before voting closes, and register a vote in favour of Microsoft's Office Open XML becoming an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard - having previously voted... [28 Mar 2008]
South Africa plumps for Open Documents
News It is an international standard recognised by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization), and a rival to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) specification. ODF is a file format used for office documents such as word processing... [29 Oct 2007]
Microsoft's OOXML fails to get ISO stamp
News The software giant's bid to push Office Open XML (OOXML) through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) fast-track process has suffered a serious setback, as OOXML failed to receive enough votes to gain approval, the ISO... [06 Sep 2007]
FSF slams Microsoft OOXML standards vote tactics
News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK, FSFE president Georg Greve said unprecedented numbers of Microsoft partner companies from several countries have joined standards organisations and have voted to approve the Office Open XML (OOXML... [31 Aug 2007]
No open door for Microsoft's Office Open XML
News Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS). [14 Aug 2007]
Massachusetts opts for open docs 'third way'
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to adopt both OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document format. Office Open XML (OOXML) was originally developed in-house at Microsoft. At the beginning of July, Massachusetts proposed... [03 Aug 2007]
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