New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.
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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.
Responding to a request from the European Union to improve data interoperability, Microsoft has committed in perpetuity to offering a royalty-free license of Office-related XML document formats.
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This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
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An emerging Web development technique promises to shake up the status quo in PC software and blur the line between desktop and Web applications.
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A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services.
New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.
Microsoft has revamped the online resource site for its Office software line, bringing together help resources, software add-ons and other content.
Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.
Microsoft is aiming higher with the new version of FrontPage, which will be launched later this year and sold as a standalone product.
The company is releasing the new version of its WordPerfect office software, but analysts say it's unlikely to make much headway against Microsoft Office.
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