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OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODF

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Microsoft blames backwards compatibility issues and changes made during the ISO ratification process for its decision to support ODF instead of OOXML in Office 2007. 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…
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OOXML standard vote down to the wire

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Denmark changed its vote to “yes” taking Microsoft’s document format one step closer to becoming an ISO standard. Plus, the U.K. moves closer to changing its vote. Denmark has decided to back Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format, reversing its previous disapproval and bringing the format closer…
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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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Report fuels OpenOffice vs. OOXML debate

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Speculation mars Burton Group report that suggests Microsoft’s OOXML document format is preferable to ODF, says OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org has dismissed an analyst report from Burton Group which claims that Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format is preferable to the OpenDocument Format. The latest generation of document standards…
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