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  • Debate rages about the security risks of OOXML

    Contrary to claims by the US Department of Defense that Office Open XML might lead to increased security concerns, vendor lock-in and backwards compatibility issues, Microsoft claims that OOXML resolves exactly these issues.

  • Office standards battle grinds on

    Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardise Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software.

  • Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'

    Having an open, stable document format is necessary to preserve the world's information, top Sun Microsystems executives said on Wednesday.

  • Microsoft joins OpenDocument group

    Microsoft has joined a committee that has a key role in the ratification of the OpenDocument format as an international standard.

  • Is ODF more defective than OOXML?

    The ISO's OpenDocument Format (ODF) is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the standard.

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