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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. TAGS: Novell Inc., OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice.org, productivity suite, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, XML, open source, document, Microsoft Corp.
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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) TAGS: Alex Brown, Microsoft Office 2007, XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Judge, specification, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, blog
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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. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, SourceForge, general manager, open source, Microsoft Office, standards, Novell Inc., XML, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Corp., document, Adobe PDF, IBM Corp., format
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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. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, XML, interoperability, project, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office 2007, Massachusetts, general manager, open source, France, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Word
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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. TAGS: petition, standardization, OpenDocument Format, open source, Microsoft Office, XML, Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft to standardize Office formats
November 21, 2005 Office's 12 XML-based file formats will be submitted to European standards body Ecma International. TAGS: ECMA, Office 12, standards body, XML, Microsoft Office, representative, specification, IBM Corp., document, Microsoft Corp., open source, format
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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. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Novell Inc., standards, desktop software, OpenOffice, blog, XML, open source, Microsoft Office, attorney, Microsoft Corp., document, Linux
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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, messaging, venture capital, desktop software, Web application, XML, open source, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Web browser
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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. TAGS: standards body, OpenDocument Format, decision-making, approval, consortium, specification, decision, open source, XML, document, U.K., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
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OpenOffice.org 3.4.1
Take an open-source approach to office productivity. TAGS: OpenOffice.org, XML, Microsoft Office, spreadsheet, open source, HTML, blog, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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