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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.Google joins OpenDocument group
July 13, 2006 OpenDocument Format Alliance adds search giant to member list, touting application-indifferent document-reading skills.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.IBM backs OpenDocument in Lotus Notes
May 16, 2006 Big Blue announces an expansion of Lotus Notes to include office productivity links.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.Belgian government chooses OpenDocument
June 23, 2006 Plan requiring government adoption of format puts further pressure on Microsoft to embrace open standards.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.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.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.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.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.OpenDocument group 'optimistic' on certification
April 20, 2006 Alliance promoting OpenDocument standard says its lobbying will pay off when standardization body meets next month.OpenDocument standard ratified
May 3, 2006 An international standards group sets the stage for worldwide adoption of this open-source file format.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."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.Microsoft's backward route to ODF support
May 23, 2008 The changes Redmond's own OOXML underwent in becoming a standard make it more difficult for the company to support OOXML, rather than ODF, in Office 2007.(By Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK)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.Oregon eyeing open formats
March 28, 2007 Electronic document standards proposed for state agencies, but not ODF exclusively.Microsoft to release ODF document converter
February 2, 2007 Microsoft-sponsored open-source group expected to release ODF translator for 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. Sponsored matches for "OpenDocument Format"
