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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. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Gartner Inc., SVG, OpenOffice.org, documentation, XML, Microsoft Office, format, analysis, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle to counter Microsoft with Web initiative

December 8, 2000 The software maker on Monday will become the latest of its peers to hitch its future to Web-based software and services. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Web service, Oracle9i, e-business, representative, IBM Corp., XML, announcement, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., vision, Microsoft Corp., database, PC

Microsoft's HailStorm unleashed

March 19, 2001 The software giant unveils a set of software building blocks, grouped under the code name HailStorm, aimed at upstaging rival America Online. TAGS: Henry Blodget, driver's license, API, Microsoft .NET, Gartner Inc., developer, America Online Inc., MSN Messenger, Web service, Time Warner Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Corp., XML, MSN, handheld, PC

Is Windows still relevant?

October 6, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says recent upset over Vista should put a rest to that lingering question. TAGS: antitrust, European Union, regulator, software company, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., XML, Adobe Systems Inc., security, operating system, Microsoft Windows, hard drive

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. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ISO standards, representative, format, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft casts .Net into upcoming Office

May 15, 2002 The next version of the software will likely include many features once planned as part of Microsoft's consumer-focused .Net My Services, now retooled for corporate customers. TAGS: StarOffice, Microsoft .NET, Web service, business software, Microsoft Office, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Office XP, interest, collaboration, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., XML

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.

Rich 3D imagery added to Google Earth

January 10, 2007 Google encourages users to help it create a "life-like 3D model of the whole planet." Images: Google Earth's 3D world TAGS: Google Earth, 3D rendering, imagery, 3D, Google Inc., XML

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, OpenOffice, desktop software, Microsoft Office, XML, blog, open source, attorney, Microsoft Corp., document, Linux

IBM eyes programming for the masses

April 26, 2006 QEDwiki project, which stands for quick and easily done wiki, lets end users build their own "enterprise mashups." TAGS: Wiki, IBM Corp., RSS, PHP, XML, programming, idea

British standards body mum on OOXML vote

September 4, 2007 The British Standards Institution won't divulge who's on its technical committee or discuss the outcome of its vote on OOXML. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, committee, specification, standard, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Raining on Microsoft's parade

January 30, 2007 Attorney Thomas Vinje represents a coalition of Microsoft rivals charging the company with ongoing antitrust violations in Europe. TAGS: Thomas Vinje, commission, antitrust, complaint, Microsoft Office 2007, server software, concern, Microsoft Office, Europe, Microsoft Corp., XML, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

Wiki start-up taps open source to lure new users

July 25, 2006 Looking for more users, wiki appliance company MindTouch will open source its business wiki software and a Web development framework. TAGS: Wiki, open source, open-source project, Microsoft .NET, XML, start-up, server, Microsoft Corp.

AMD sets a course for 2008

June 1, 2006 Chipmaker's future includes a more open architecture, new mobile processors and accelerated manufacturing advances. TAGS: coprocessor, AMD Opteron, manufacturing, HyperTransport, chip company, AMD, cache memory, senior vice president, Intel Core Duo, XML, Intel, link

Ajax gives software a fresh look

October 4, 2005 Messaging company Zimbra is one of several companies betting that Ajax-style Web development will shake up the PC software market. TAGS: AJAX, messaging company, PC-software, desktop software, venture capital, messaging, Web application, XML, open source, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Brazil protests ratification of OOXML

May 30, 2008 Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas issues an appeal to the ISO on the grounds that a key meeting in April was inconclusive and that discussions on the matter sometimes descended into farce. TAGS: Brazil, ratification, supporter, appeal, argument, discussion, XML, process, response, Microsoft Office

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, approval, consortium, decision, specification, open source, XML, U.K., document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Gartner: Prepare for consumer-led IT

October 9, 2006 Researcher tells execs to embrace the "consumerization" of IT and the encroachment of Web 2.0 apps. TAGS: Gartner Inc., mashup, Web 2.0, information technology, Wiki, research company, scripting language, Web application, researcher, RSS, XML, blog

Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services

September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns. TAGS: Web service, patent, open-source software, open source, open-source community, specification, royalty, standards, Apache Software Foundation, FAQ, GPL, developer, concern, lawyer, XML, Microsoft Corp.
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