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Article | 9/02/2010 OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study
Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the N...
Article | 1/02/2010 Danish parliament sets rules for open document formats
The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April...
Article | 19/05/2009 Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability
A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the late...
Article | 29/04/2009 Office 2007 SP2 supports ODF
As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday began letting users of Office 2007 download Service Pack 2, marking a milestone in the company's document format bat...
Article | 4/12/2008 Microsoft tools build bridge between OpenXML, other formats
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a free plug-in for Firefox to translate Open XML documents, an update to its document translator and a toolkit for Jav...
Article | 7/10/2008 More OOXML trouble as Norwegians quit
Thirteen members of Norway's International Standards Organisation (ISO) body, Standard Norway, have resigned over the country's approval for the contr...
Article | 24/09/2008 IBM threatens to leave standards bodies
IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fai...