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  • US state avoids document format war

    The US State of Massachusetts has avoided a format war, and will use both OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document format across its agencies.

  • Technocrats rubberneck Microsoft's OOXML

    Microsoft's Open Office XML specifications will be scrutinised by government technocrats in Geneva this week to determine if improvements Microsoft has made to it overcome technical problems noted by ISO members last September.

  • 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.

  • Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts

    Industry observers have expressed concern about Microsoft's decision to submit the file formats for its new Office 12 applications to ECMA International, a European standards body.

  • Will Microsoft Mono-polise open source?

    Open source advocates are in an uproar over the announcement (by one of their own) to build an open source implementation of Microsoft .NET based on the European Computer Manufacturer’s Association (ECMA) standard currently in the draft phase.

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  • Microsoft OOXML has become IS 29500: How did it happen?

    Microsoft's bit to make its Office Open XML (OOXML) document format an international standard has been successful, but the road was far from smooth. ZDNet.com.au has compiled all the headlines that track the arduous journey of what is now known as IS 29500.

  • Microsoft's singing in C#

    Microsoft and its allies have quietly expanded an effort to gain acceptance for C#, the software giant's competitor to Java and a foundation for its next-generation Internet services.

  • Standards can put you in control

    What does "standard" even mean anymore? To tech decision makers, it means everything: The performance, reliability, cost, and security of your IT depend on it.

  • Can Microsoft be trusted on OOXML covenants?

    Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.

  • 2002 goal for GNU/Linux version of .Net

    A year after Australia's one-man army started pounding out code for GNU/Linux's version of .Net, he's looking to double the quarter of a million lines of code already written and convince some new -code demons" to sign up to the cause.

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