News (31)

  • OOXML result: Will it matter in Australia?

    Microsoft's OOXML document format has accrued enough votes for recognition as an international standard, but one observer believes the change will make little difference to users in Australia.

  • ODF finally defeats OOXML in document format war?

    Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of OOXML because of compatibility issues but Microsoft refuses to admit that ODF has won the document format war.

  • Microsoft OOXML becomes an ISO standard

    Microsoft's bid to make the Open XML (OOXML) file formats international standards has succeeded, barring any last-minute changes. The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is scheduled to issue the official communique today.

  • Microsoft Office 2007 is incompatible with OOXML

    Word documents generated by the latest version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, according to tests run by a document standards specialist.

  • OOXML ratification may be delayed after objection

    The official standardisation of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format could be delayed after a formal objection letter was lodged. The letter claimed that OOXML's approval process " harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (1)

Create an e-mail alert for "change"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
change


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 1 antitrust
  2. Popularity: 2 api
  3. Popularity: 2 australia
  4. Popularity: 1 ballmer
  5. Popularity: 2 ballot
  6. Popularity: 1 becta
  7. Popularity: 1 britain
  8. Popularity: 2 challenge
  9. Popularity: 1 document format
  10. Popularity: 5 ecma
  11. Popularity: 2 europe
  12. Popularity: 1 facebook
  13. Popularity: 1 gates
  14. Popularity: 3 geneva
  15. Popularity: 2 gpl
  16. Popularity: 1 groklaw
  17. Popularity: 1 how has it been
  18. Popularity: 4 ibm
  19. Popularity: 1 intellectual property
  20. Popularity: 1 interoperability
  21. Popularity: 22 iso
  22. Popularity: 4 linux
  23. Popularity: 29 microsoft
  24. Popularity: 1 microsoft office
  25. Popularity: 2 new zealand
  26. Popularity: 4 norway
  27. Popularity: 2 novell
  28. Popularity: 11 odf
  29. Popularity: 8 office
  30. Popularity: 3 office open xml
  31. Popularity: 4 open
  32. Popularity: 1 open document format
  33. Popularity: 1 open format
  34. Popularity: 2 open office
  35. Popularity: 6 open source
  36. Popularity: 3 open xml
  37. Popularity: 1 opendocument format
  38. Popularity: 1 ozzie
  39. Popularity: 1 programming
  40. Popularity: 2 server
  41. Popularity: 4 software
  42. Popularity: 2 specifications
  43. Popularity: 7 standards
  44. Popularity: 1 symphony
  45. Popularity: 2 uk
  46. Popularity: 2 vista
  47. Popularity: 12 vote
  48. Popularity: 3 windows
  49. Popularity: 2 xml

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Alex Serpo 64-bit Windows: It's time to get serious
    What do Windows 7 and Windows NT have in common? Despite being separated by 16 years, they're both available as 32-bit operating systems; and it's time for Microsoft to move on.
  • Array IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell
    It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".
  • Array Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over
    Like many, I expected Telstra's dismissal was inevitable, given that it had openly flouted the NBN's guidelines and attempted to bend the process to its own wishes. But who would have expected it so soon?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured