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    Microsoft extends access to C#, CLI 08 July, 2009 09:37

    Microsoft is extending its "Community Promise" patent licensing to C# programs and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), enabling open source usage of the technologies without fear of any reprisals.
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    Open-source bias cheered, booed in planned EC rules review 07 July, 2009 04:52

    Industry groups criticized and praised on Monday what they consider is a bias in favor of open-source software in the European Commission's plans to update the rules governing industry standard technologies.
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    Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability 19 May, 2009 03:46

    A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard.
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: C# 01 October, 2008 13:00

    In this interview Microsoft's leader of C# development, Anders Hejlsberg, took some time to tell Computerworld about the development of C#, his thoughts on future programming trends, and his experiences putting out fires. Hejlsberg is also responsible for writing the Turbo Pascal system, and was the lead architect on the team that developed Delphi.
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    IBM threatens to leave standards bodies 24 September, 2008 08:30

    IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
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    Nations question ISO's merit following dropped OOXML appeals 03 September, 2008 08:08

    Countries whose appeals were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard are questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards they approve.
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    JavaScript 2's new direction 27 August, 2008 08:40

    Standardization efforts for the next version of JavaScript have taken a sharp turn this month, with some key changes in the Web scripting technology's direction. JavaScript creator Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, has helped forge a consensus on how to proceed with the direction for JavaScript's improvements. "JavaScript was sitting still. It was stagnant," he says.
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    ISO, IEC reject appeals, approve OOXML spec 18 August, 2008 02:31

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have given the green light to publish the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML (OOXML) specification after organization leaders rejected appeals from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard.
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    ISO, IEC leaders recommend rejection of OOXML appeals 10 July, 2008 08:46

    The leaders of the ISO and the IEC have recommended the rejection of appeals from four countries that protested a vote approving OOXML, an XML-based document format submitted by Microsoft as an international standard.
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    Microsoft answers interoperability concerns 18 June, 2008 08:00

    The launch of Microsoft's new interoperability principles have been both cautiously welcomed and sceptically scrutinised as the company goes about convincing the IT industry that it is genuine in its pursuit to provide interoperability with rival products, more consumer choice, less vendor lock-in and greater collaboration with the open source community.
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    How Microsoft lost the office file format battle 30 May, 2008 11:41

    Score one for the good guys: Last week, Microsoft announced that not only would Office 2007 Service Pack 2 support the ODF (Open Document Format) standard, but the productivity suite would not offer support for the ISO standard version of Microsoft's own OOXML (Office Open XML) format until its next major version, release date unknown.
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