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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, OpenOffice, development, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., open source, format, document

Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft

September 23, 2005 State finalizes policy calling for desktop applications supporting OpenDocument standard format. Microsoft Office is excluded. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, decision, Microsoft Office, policy, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

IBM, Sun to create 'OpenDocument Foundation'?

November 1, 2005 Two companies will hold a meeting this week to evangelize adoption of the document format, which Microsoft does not support. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, OASIS, invitation, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., adoption, foundation, Massachusetts, Novell Inc., Microsoft Office, open source, 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, Microsoft Office, desktop software, agency, technology company, vendor, XML, Massachusetts, standard, interest, IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Corp.

Massachusetts sticking with 'open' documents

January 4, 2006 Despite state CIO's departure, Massachusetts is not pulling support for OpenDocument standard. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, CIO, information technology, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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, OASIS, standards, productivity-application, senator, standard, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, decision, information technology, XML, vice president, state, Sun Microsystems Inc., forum

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.

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, agency, standards, open source, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF, document, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Office

Mass. replaces CIO in OpenDocument fray

January 6, 2006 As acting CIO is named, governor's spokesman says commonwealth is "on track" to use OpenDocument-based software next year. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, CIO, Peter Quinn, desktop software, Office 12, Governor, state, Massachusetts, spokesman, Microsoft Office, information technology, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Mass. officials criticize OpenDocument decision

November 1, 2005 Records supervisor, state senators probe Massachusetts' decision to standardize office applications on the document format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Peter Quinn, Massachusetts, information technology, decision, supervisor, senator, policy, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Mass. hands OpenDocument reins to new CIO

January 31, 2006 Louis Gutierrez becomes chief information officer in Bay State, where he will take charge of OpenDocument policy. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, CIO, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Office 12, chief information officer, state, policy, Governor, agency, information technology, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Mass. bill endangers OpenDocument decision

November 3, 2005 Senate bill proposes creation of task force to approve state technical policy, calling into question OpenDocument decision. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, electronic record, Massachusetts, information technology, policy, decision, bill, agency, standards, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office

Microsoft bends on OpenDocument

July 6, 2006 The software giant will sponsor an open-source project to create a converter between Open Office XML and OpenDocument file formats. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, XML, interoperability, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, project, general manager, France, Massachusetts, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, IBM Corp.

Nips and tucks for open source

November 30, 2005 The license covering Linux faces revisions, the Firefox browser gets a makeover, and Gollum points the way to Wikipedia. TAGS: Firefox 1.5, OpenDocument Format, IBM DB2, open source, Amazon.com Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Massachusetts, Firefox, Wikipedia, Linux, Web browser, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, database, operating system

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