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ODF standard editor calls for cooperation with OOXML The teams developing ODFÂ (OpenDocument Format) and OOXML (Office Open XML) standards should work together, evolving the two in parallel, the editor of the ODF standard said Tuesday in an open letter to the standards-setting community. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's ODF support points to OOXML challenges Microsoft's plan to include ODF (OpenDocument Format) support in its Office suite next year reflects continued challenges for the OOXML (Open Office XML) file format as the industry moves ahead with adopting ODF and sorts out OOXML's troubles. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year Microsoft is finally adding support for ODF (OpenDocument Format for Office Applications) and Adobe PDF to its Office productivity suite, the company announced on Wednesday.Support for ODF and PDF will be includ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft's embrace of ODF cautiously welcomed Microsoft's support for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) could mean greater opportunities for software makers already using the format, observers said Thursday.Microsoft will put native support for ODF as part of i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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ODF wins the office document format war? Good news for those of you who have been following the XML office document standards battle. Microsoft Wednesday announced that Office 2007 will support ODF (Open Document Format), the document standard used by OpenOffice.org and other open source productivity suites, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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OOXML/ODF: Just One Battlefield in a Much Bigger War Editor's Note: You might think that greed and control is the reason for Redmond's pushing OOXML as a standard. Actually, it might be that, and a whole lot more. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Microsoft's backward route to ODF support 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) Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Venezuela joins line appealing OOXML standard approval Venezuela has joined the list of countries that have lodged appeals against the adoption of an international standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) file format.The International Electrotechnical C Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM releases ODF-based Office killer IBM has officially launched the commercial version of its Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications, and looks set amount a challenge to Microsoft Office in its enterprise heartland.IBM's Lotus Symphony Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Changes to OOXML draft standard waved through About four-fifths of the proposed changes to a draft standard for the OOXML document format were waved through, undiscussed, at the conclusion of a weeklong meeting in Geneva.If the specification for the OOXML f Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Louis Suarez-Potts: OOXML Has Zero Effect On ODF EFYtimes: "Naturally, when OOXML's approval cast a doubt on ODF, we sought reactions of the OOo team, on how they viewed the future of OOo, ODF and OOXML..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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The Industry Standard taps crowd wisdom Are crowds really wise? A growing number of businesses are betting they are. The latest venture is a new incarnation of The Industry Standard, the poster child for the rise ? and precipitous fall ? of the dot-com boom. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Now an official ISO standard, Microsoft's OOXML invites controversy - BetaNews KVALNow an official ISO standard, Microsoft's OOXML invites controversyBetaNews - 2 hours agoBy Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews Although ISO approval was not entirely unanimous, the Microsoft-originated Open Office XML (OOXML) protocol has finally become an international st Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Update: Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF--And Not OOXML ConsortiumInfo: "Microsoft today announced that it would update Office 2007 to natively support ODF 1.1, but not to implement its own OOXML format..." [Further information added about the new ODF capabilities.] Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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OOXML Backwards Compatibility Led Microsoft to ODF ZDNet: "Microsoft's decision to add support to Office 2007 for the Open Document Format instead of its own OOXML office file format is due to backwards compatibility issues with OOXML, it has emerged..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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ODF vs. OOXML on the Eve of the BRM ConsortiumInfo: "What is happening between the proponents of ODF and OOXML is only a skirmish in a bigger battle that involves a fundamental reordering of forces, ideologies, stakeholders, and economics at the interface of society and information technology..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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OOXML-ODF: The Harmonization Hope Chest Orcmid's Lair: "Brian Jones has reported that there is a great deal of interest in harmonization of ODF and OOXML in some way..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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What's in a Label? ODF vs. OOXML and Open Standards OSI: "The OSI adopted a mandate of working on Open Standards two years ago. We put forward a statement on requirements for an Open Standard which boiled down to a simple proposition..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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ODF vs OOXML - views from the coal face Standards wars? Mini-Poll Long, long ago, in an industry far, far away, a number of large companies struggled to decide whether to adopt a document interchange format as a global standard.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Sun, IBM launch ODF tools initiative Sun Microsystems and IBM are expected Wednesday to announce the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.Sun is contributing an initial set o Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |