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Of DVDs and documents

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

In their marketing claims around getting OOXML anointed as an International Standard, Microsoft claims that more standards mean greater consumer choice. But sometimes less is more. We only have to examine HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray to see the consequences of this. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not…
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Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

With critical ISO vote on ratification of Office Open XML looming, company maintains it has users’ best interests at heart. Weeks away from a crucial International Organization for Standardization vote in Geneva on the ratification of Microsoft’s proposed Office Open XML standard, the software giant is engaged in…
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