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  • US state to favour Microsoft document formats?

    The US state of Massachusetts is set to mandate the use of Microsoft's Office document formats, including Office Open XML, across its agencies.

  • Sun plans ODF translator for MS Office

    Sun Microsystems plans to release a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2003 that will allow two-way compatibility with the OpenDocument Format, the company announced Wednesday in the US.

  • 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.

  • Ex-OpenDocument advocates opt for W3C alternative

    The conflict over document formats has taken a twist as some advocates for OpenDocument, or ODF, abandon the format in favor of the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium's Compound Document Formats standard.

  • Microsoft's OOXML 'choice' argument squashed

    Microsoft claims that Australia will benefit from "greater choice" if local standards bodies vote this week to accept the Office Open XML format as an ISO standard.

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  • War rages on over Microsoft's OOXML plans

    What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?

  • Fighting Office with open source

    Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

  • One city's move to open source

    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

Reviews (2)

  • Lotus Notes/Domino 8, Beta 2

    In version 8 of IBM/Lotus's upcoming collaboration suite, the client (Notes) moves to a new Java framework while the server (Domino) gets a number of overdue enhancements.

  • OpenOffice.org 2.0

    OpenOffice.org 2.0, the freeware version of Sun's StarOffice 8, is a great deal for small-business users who don't mind browsing online forums for technical support. But enterprises are better served by StarOffice 8.

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