Opendocument Format
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Oasis forms ODF committee
News The body that maintains the OpenDocument Format has formed a committee to promote interoperability. Representatives include IBM, Oracle and Google.
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Office suites, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Alex Brown, software, ISO
Excel criticized over ODF interoperability
News Microsoft has come under fire for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its ODF implementation within Office 2007 SP2, but says it is an issue inherent with the standard.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Standards, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Interoperability, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office
Software patents hot topic at Microsoft event
News A Microsoft-hosted panel discussion on interoperability was interrupted when a member of a Linux user group raised questions on patent issues.
Tags: Open source, Patents, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Patent, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, software
Microsoft backs document-format test tool
News The online tool is intended to ensure that different vendors' implementations of OOXML produce compatible results.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Apache Software Foundation, OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Plug-in, Tool, Interoperability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, software
Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility
News Documents created using the Office Open XML document format can now be viewed via a Firefox plug-in, while OOXML's compatibility with ODF and Apache has also been enhanced.
Tags: Office suites, Open source, Software integration, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Plug-in, Tool, Interoperability
OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken
News The ISO standard for ODF documents is impossible to implement, says an expert who has now found both OpenOffice and Microsoft Office 2007 non-standard compliant.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Alex Brown, consortium, intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, marketing
OOXML backward compatibility led Microsoft to ODF
News Microsoft blames backward compatibility issues and changes made during the ISO ratification process for its decision to support ODF instead of OOXML in Office 2007.
Tags: Antitrust, Open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, software, Jason Matusow, software product
Microsoft opening up Office to other file formats
News Company is building in support for the Open Document Format, Portable Document Format, and other popular formats.
Tags: Open source, Office suites, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, European Commission, Adobe PDF, general manager, technical committee
StarOffice gains native Mac support
News The latest version of Sun's cut-rate productivity suite can also read--but not write--to the latest Office file formats.
Tags: Office suites, Mac OS, StarOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Google Inc., Office Open XML, Apple Macintosh, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Works
Office, Vista getting new service packs
News The Office 2007 update will come early next year, while Microsoft won't say when Vista SP2 is coming, though it appears nearly ready for outside testers.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, software, Microsoft Windows
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack for Office 2007, adding various stability and performance updates along with support for Open Document Format and PDF files.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Service Pack, performance, Microsoft Office 2007, product manager, Microsoft Office, managing director, open standard
Microsoft's file format perestroika
News Company agrees to publish documentation letting developers know how it will implement ODF and Open XML within Microsoft Office.
Tags: Open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, project manager, Microsoft Office 2007, software, News.com, European Commission
ISO offers to take on ODF maintenance
News The move has been prompted by concerns ODF was not being properly maintained by its creator Oasis, says an ISO committee member, rejecting claims of a pro-Microsoft takeover.
Tags: Business applications, XML, OpenDocument Format, India, Office Open XML, Alex Brown, Microsoft Office, blog, technical committee, ISO
IBM takes on Microsoft with ODF-based Symphony
News IBM has launched a commercially supported version of its Lotus Symphony productivity suite, which could prove a challenge to Microsoft Office.
Tags: Windows Vista, Business applications, Open source, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format, Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office 2007
OOXML gains compatibility via ISVs
News Since its ISO ratification, Microsoft's document format has garnered support from third-party applications. But developers say it's not ideological--it's just business.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Office Open XML, Novell Inc., Microsoft Office 2007
