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Microsoft answers interoperability concerns 18/06/2008 08:00:42
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. - +
How Microsoft lost the office file format battle 30/05/2008 11:41:18
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. - +
FAQ: Office 14 and Microsoft's support for ODF 28/05/2008 10:37:02
Changes were made to OOXML between Ecma's approval a year and a half ago and ISO's approval this spring. Microsoft won't support the ISO version until Office 14 arrives around the end of 2009. Is this a big deal, as Microsoft critics such as Andy Updegrove claim? - +
'Office' politics and the XML file format fight 27/05/2008 08:18:23
OK, try to follow this: Microsoft has spent the past two years slamming its Open XML file format through the process to make it an international standard. Along the way, there's been arm-twisting, committee-packing, bribery and other chicanery. But by last week, Microsoft was one step away from success. - +
All eyes on how Microsoft pulls off ODF support 23/05/2008 10:10:29
Microsoft's declaration last week that it would finally support OpenDocument Format and join in further development of the rival document format was applauded by many critics as a major step forward, but the outcome of those steps will be under review for years to come, observers say. - +
Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year 22/05/2008 08:13:16
Microsoft is finally adding support for ODF (OpenDocument Format for Office Applications) and Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) to its Office productivity suite, the company announced on Wednesday. - +
Microsoft denies threatening to withdraw funding 22/04/2008 09:00:31
Microsoft East Africa has dismissed allegations that it threatened to withdraw funding to Kenya if the government did not vote "yes" on OOXML. - +
Microsoft's ISO win may worsen antitrust woes 04/04/2008 10:36:14
Microsoft has won a year-long quest to make its Office Open XML document format an ISO-recognised international standard. - +
OOXML approved, but some say standards process needs review 04/04/2008 07:13:21
Now that the ISO has standardized Office Open XML some are asking if the standards process itself is next in line for a thorough evaluation. - +
OOXML approval only first step in road to adoption 02/04/2008 09:13:16
The International Organization for Standardization's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard is just the beginning of what could be a lengthy process before the file format can be widely and successfully implemented for exchanging documents, according to critics and supporters of OOXML. - +
ISO adopts OOXML format as international standard 02/04/2008 07:52:52
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has adopted an international standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
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