Archive for the 'Standards' Category
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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Tuesday, April 15th, 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) The International Organization for Standardization has called for “personal attacks” to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft’s Office Open XML standard. …
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
At last month’s OOXML ballot resolution meeting, 81 percent of the technical issues around the format were apparently resolved without being properly addressed As Microsoft’s bid to have its Office Open XML specification made an ISO standard the counting of the votes on Monday, more details have emerged of…
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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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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
OOXML is in the balance as a formal standard, but that’s no reason for Microsoft not to launch tools for the document standard. OOXML is in the balance as a formal standard, but that’s no reason for Microsoft not to launch tools for the document standard. However, the OOXML…
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Quality, Process Improvement, Iso standards, Standard, Durusau, ZDNet UK, OpenDocument, ISO, , OOXML, Business Operations, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Peter Judge, Standards, Productivity |
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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Deprecation, Samba, Format, ECMA, Jeremy, Iso standards, OOXML document, Jeremy Allison, Quality, Process Improvement, ISO, Toshiba Corp., Home Entertainment, DVD, Microsoft Corp., Consumer electronics, Business Operations, HD-DVD, Standards, OOXML, Hd Dvd, Blu-ray, Personal Technology |
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Opera CTO Håkon Wium Lie asks how seriously Microsoft’s Web browser will support an upcoming Web standards test. Two years ago, the Acid2 test was announced in this column. Acid2 is a complex Web browser test page that shows a smiley face when rendered correctly. …
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