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Open season on OpenDocument
July 6, 2006
Battle takes turn Microsoft announces sponsorhip of an open-source project to create a OpenDocument converter.
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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.
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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.
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OpenDocument format gathers steam
November 10, 2005
Growing cadre of vendors vows to improve alternatives to Microsoft Office, as government customers voice more interest.
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Microsoft joins OpenDocument group
March 27, 2006
Software giant joins group involved in standardization for OpenDocument, but says it "will have no impact on the voting."
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California may adopt OpenDocument
February 28, 2007
Bill would require state agencies to adopt ODF as a standard and exclude the use of proprietary file formats.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office
February 7, 2007
StarOffice plug-in for Office 2003 translates Word and ODF Writer files; spreadsheet, presentation translators set for April.
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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.
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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.
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Microsoft-led project to deliver on ODF
October 13, 2006
First converter between Microsoft Word and OpenDocument format set for release later this month.
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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.
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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.
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Microsoft to release ODF document converter
February 2, 2007
Microsoft-sponsored open-source group expected to release ODF translator for Word.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Report fuels OpenOffice vs. OOXML debate
January 17, 2008
Speculation mars Burton Group report that suggests Microsoft's OOXML document format is preferable to ODF, says OpenOffice.org.
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