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Microsoft's document format moves up a step

April 3, 2007 ISO expects to vote on whether to approve Office Open XML as a standard by September, according to Ecma International. TAGS: standardization, ECMA, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

IBM sits out Office document standards effort

December 21, 2005 Big Blue won't participate in an international committee that is standardizing Microsoft Office document formats. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, committee, IBM Corp., standards, Microsoft Office, XML, document, vice president, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Sun seeks control of Java process

May 6, 1999 Sun's decision to change tactics for the international standardization of the Java technology boils down to one issue: control. TAGS: ECMA, standardization, Java technology, Rick Ross, Sun Microsystems Inc., JCP, Java, committee, Java developer, specification, tactic, control, president

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, standard, productivity suite, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, document, Microsoft Corp.

Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'

December 15, 2005 Open, stable document format is needed to preserve world's information, company executives say. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Sun Microsystems Inc., Office 12, IBM Corp., open source, document, Microsoft Office, 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, Microsoft PowerPoint, open source, Microsoft Excel, document, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft-led project to deliver on ODF

October 13, 2006 First converter between Microsoft Word and OpenDocument format set for release later this month. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, technical committee, XML, converter, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, specification, Microsoft Office 2007, project, Microsoft Corp., format, IBM Corp.

Microsoft to standardize Office formats

November 21, 2005 Office's 12 XML-based file formats will be submitted to European standards body Ecma International. TAGS: ECMA, Office 12, standards body, XML, Microsoft Office, specification, representative, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., document, open source, format

Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow

May 25, 2006 Office maker takes a swing at the open-source format, but ODF Alliance says Open XML's performance can't yet be measured. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Gartner Inc., documentation, SVG, OpenOffice.org, XML, Microsoft Office, format, analysis, Microsoft Corp.

IBM chides Microsoft over SOA

August 8, 2007 Big Blue claims Microsoft leans too hard on Windows-oriented, proprietary standards for its service-oriented architecture. TAGS: SOA, ECMA, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., XML, open standard, approach, messaging, Microsoft Corp., open source, Microsoft Windows

Office standards battle grinds on

December 13, 2005 Creation of Ecma standard committee gives Microsoft a point in escalating battle over desktop software. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, productivity-application, technical committee, committee, Massachusetts, desktop software, Sun Microsystems Inc., standards, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., vice president, state, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's amusing standards stance

February 22, 2007 Opera Software's Håkon Wium Lie says Microsoft's recent letter about IBM undermining standards contradicts its own track record. TAGS: SGML, OpenDocument Format, standards, ECMA, XML, letter, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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