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IBM backs OpenDocument in Lotus Notes

May 16, 2006 Big Blue announces an expansion of Lotus Notes to include office productivity links. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, IBM Lotus Notes, Hannover, IBM Corp., workplace, Microsoft Office, format, server, Microsoft Corp.

EC reluctant to back OpenDocument

May 8, 2006 Microsoft's drive to get its own file formats standardized may deter EC from endorsing OpenDocument, sources say. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ISO standards, representative, format, XML, Microsoft Office, 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, Microsoft Office, XML, format, document, 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, proposal, government, format, Microsoft Office, document, 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, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., open source, Microsoft Corp., 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., migration, StarOffice, XML, approval, Microsoft Office, document, format, Microsoft Corp.

OpenDocument format gathers steam

November 10, 2005 Growing cadre of vendors vows to improve alternatives to Microsoft Office, as government customers voice more interest. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Office 12, desktop software, Microsoft Office, agency, technology company, vendor, XML, Massachusetts, standard, interest, IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Corp.

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., SVG, documentation, OpenOffice.org, XML, analysis, Microsoft Office, format, 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, format, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard

November 28, 2005 After picking OpenDocument as a standard, commonwealth is "optimistic" that standardized Office formats will pass muster. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, procurement, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, state, Office 12, Microsoft Office, XML, standards, standard, Governor, format, agency, Microsoft Corp., decision, information technology

Microsoft's standardization move divides experts

November 22, 2005 Office's Open XML is "a tactical move by Microsoft to give its proprietary document formats a glimmer of openness," one researcher says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Governor, open standard, GPL, XML, standard, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., format

Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop

September 1, 2005 State intends to phase out office applications from Microsoft and others in favor of software based on "open" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, XML, state, standards, agency, OpenOffice, open source, Adobe PDF, document, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Office

Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12

October 3, 2005 Office 12, due in late 2006, will let people generate PDFs from Office documents. PDF viewer is still required, though. TAGS: Office 12, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Adobe Systems Inc., XML, Microsoft Corp., format, Adobe Acrobat, support, document, blog, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats

December 14, 2005 State senators air the issues around its decision to use OpenDocument as the default desktop application format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, standards, OASIS, productivity-application, senator, IBM Corp., standard, state, Microsoft Office, vice president, XML, information technology, decision, forum, Sun Microsystems Inc.

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, document, HP, format, 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, representative, general manager, XML, letter, Microsoft Office, activity, Microsoft Corp., document, format

OpenOffice celebrates anniversary by squashing bug

October 13, 2005 Project had intended to observe occasion with 2.0 release, but that's been pushed back slightly. TAGS: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, OpenDocument Format, bug, Microsoft Office, format, Microsoft Corp., Intel

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, format, information technology, IBM Corp.
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