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Google joins OpenDocument group

July 13, 2006 OpenDocument Format Alliance adds search giant to member list, touting application-indifferent document-reading skills. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Google Inc., spreadsheet, document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Belgian government chooses OpenDocument

June 23, 2006 Plan requiring government adoption of format puts further pressure on Microsoft to embrace open standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Belgium, open standard, government, proposal, format, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp.

Corel to support Microsoft Office, ODF formats

November 29, 2006 Maker of the WordPerfect word processor and productivity suite will support Microsoft's Office Open XML, OpenDocument format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Corel Corp., Corel WordPerfect, word-processor, productivity suite, XML, Microsoft Office, format, document, Microsoft Corp.

OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota

February 7, 2007 States may follow Massachusetts in making the rival to Microsoft Word format the standard for all documents, spreadsheets and presentations. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota, agency, bill, spreadsheet, standard, presentation, XML, Microsoft Office, state, document, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft Office to get a dose of OpenDocument

May 5, 2006 Developers have created a way to save OpenDocument documents from Microsoft Office. The first customer may be the commonwealth of Massachusetts. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, development, IBM Corp., OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., open source, format, document

ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

May 16, 2006 ISO approval of OpenDocument will thwart standards-group certification of Microsoft's XML document, research firm says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Gartner Inc., XML, migration, StarOffice, approval, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., format, document

Microsoft's backward route to ODF support

May 23, 2008 The changes Redmond's own OOXML underwent in becoming a standard make it more difficult for the company to support OOXML, rather than ODF, in Office 2007.(By Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK) TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Jason Matusow, interoperability, Microsoft Office 2007, commission, Microsoft Office, announcement, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., support, document, Service Pack 2, Adobe PDF

Novell to support Microsoft Office documents

December 4, 2006 Company joins project designed to bridge rival document formats and thus enable its OpenOffice customers to work with Microsoft Office. TAGS: Novell Inc., OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice.org, productivity suite, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, XML, open source, document, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft to support Chinese document standard

May 21, 2007 The company will sponsor an open-source project to create converter between Ecma Open XML and Chinese standard. Also: new ODF converters. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, open-source project, SourceForge, converter, open source, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, document, Microsoft Corp.

Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan

August 24, 2006 In letter seen by CNET News.com, commonwealth says it'll use Office suite plug-in as it moves to standardized format. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, disability, state, Microsoft Office, agency, information technology, OpenOffice, letter, document, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, XML, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, standards, policy, state, information technology, Microsoft Corp., document

Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push

January 29, 2008 With critical ISO vote on ratification of Office Open XML looming, company maintains it has users' best interests at heart. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, XML, Microsoft Office, standard, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Corp., document

Microsoft sails through document standard vote

December 7, 2006 Office Open XML, the default file format in Office 2007, was certified Thursday as a standard at Ecma International. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, XML, productivity suite, standard, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, document, Microsoft Corp.

Report blasts Mass. OpenDocument policy

June 29, 2006 An oversight committee criticizes standard-setting process as closed, unlawful and insensitive to people with disabilities. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, disability, information technology, open standard, Microsoft Office 2007, senator, policy, chairman, Boston, decision, state, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp.

HP, MIT bolster DSpace open-source archives

July 18, 2007 The new DSpace Foundation will provide support to more than 200 institutions that use the online tool to manage digital documents. TAGS: open source, institution, OpenDocument Format, organization, HP, format, document, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft calls IBM hypocritical on document standards

February 14, 2007 Redmond publishes open letter accusing Big Blue of blocking ISO from considering Office Open XML as document standard. TAGS: standardization, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., procurement, standards, general manager, XML, representative, letter, activity, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., document, format

States struggling to deal with digital documents

April 25, 2006 Minnesota has followed Massachusetts with a bill to adopt open formats, but most states have yet to tackle digital archives. TAGS: Minnesota, CIO, Massachusetts, state, OpenDocument Format, standards, document, agency, office, information technology, IBM Corp., format

Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead

December 7, 2006 Standards vote could boost its Office document format in high-stakes race for desktop prominence. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Novell Inc., standards, OpenOffice, desktop software, open source, XML, blog, Microsoft Office, attorney, Microsoft Corp., document, Linux

U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML

May 1, 2008 Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format. TAGS: standards body, OpenDocument Format, decision-making, consortium, approval, decision, specification, XML, open source, U.K., document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
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