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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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OpenDocument standard ratified
May 3, 2006
An international standards group sets the stage for worldwide adoption of this open-source file format.
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Oregon eyeing open formats
March 28, 2007
Electronic document standards proposed for state agencies, but not ODF exclusively.
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Open-source transitions gather steam
July 6, 2006
Microsoft and Sun continue to make an uneasy peace with open-source software as it becomes more and more of a business reality.
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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.
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Year in review: The open-source effect spreads
December 20, 2005
Open source seeped into nearly every software category, leaving an indelible mark on how software is bought and sold.
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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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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.
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'Sandal and ponytail set' cramping Linux adoption?
March 28, 2006
Yes, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn. To be taken seriously, open-source community needs to dress the part.
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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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Mass. holding tight to OpenDocument
July 5, 2006
State is sticking to its plan to standardize on OpenDocument, says the incoming CIO, describing the move as irreversible.
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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.
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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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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.
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ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'
April 15, 2008
The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)
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Microsoft criticized for Open XML petition
April 5, 2007
Company urges fast-track standardization of Office Open XML; open-source advocates say Microsoft is worried rivals will gain too much ground.
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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.
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Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead
December 7, 2006
Standards vote could boost its Office document format in high-stakes race for desktop prominence.
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Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
April 21, 2008
Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO. (By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)
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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.
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