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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. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, open-source project, open standard, open source, converter, OpenOffice, XML, Microsoft Corp.

OpenDocument standard ratified

May 3, 2006 An international standards group sets the stage for worldwide adoption of this open-source file format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, adoption, StarOffice, standard, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, IBM Corp., process, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Oregon eyeing open formats

March 28, 2007 Electronic document standards proposed for state agencies, but not ODF exclusively. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Oregon, agency, bill, XML, open source, freeware

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. TAGS: open source, JBoss, open-source software, OpenDocument Format, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

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

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. TAGS: open source, OpenDocument Format, application server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Massachusetts, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., database, Linux, server, 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.

'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. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, open source, adoption, open-source software, open-source community, CIO, Massachusetts, government, Linux, decision, information technology, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Novell Inc., OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice.org, productivity suite, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, XML, open source, document, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, CIO, Massachusetts, Stephen O'Grady, open standard, state, information technology, decision, IBM Corp., open source, Microsoft Corp.

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, HP, format, document, Microsoft Corp.

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, project, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, OpenOffice, Massachusetts, general manager, France, open source, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Word

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. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, disability, state, Microsoft Office, agency, information technology, OpenOffice, letter, document, open source, Microsoft Corp.

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) TAGS: standardization, OpenDocument Format, committee, Oslo, standard, attack, XML, open source

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. TAGS: petition, standardization, OpenDocument Format, open source, Microsoft Office, XML, 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, OpenDocument Format, ECMA, IBM Corp., XML, open standard, approach, Microsoft Corp., messaging, open source, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead

December 7, 2006 Standards vote could boost its Office document format in high-stakes race for desktop prominence. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Novell Inc., standards, desktop software, OpenOffice, blog, XML, open source, Microsoft Office, attorney, Microsoft Corp., document, Linux

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) TAGS: Alex Brown, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, XML, OpenDocument Format, Judge, specification, open source, Microsoft Corp., blog, Microsoft Word

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. TAGS: standards body, OpenDocument Format, decision-making, consortium, approval, decision, specification, open source, XML, U.K., document, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
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