Microsoft has failed in its initial effort to fast-track the Office Open XML (OOXML) document file format as an international standard but it will have another chance in early 2008.
Weeks out from a crucial ISO vote in Geneva on the ratification of Microsoft's proposed Open XML standard, Microsoft is engaged in a last ditch campaign to convince the wider industry that its endeavours are in the best interests of users.
Microsoft executives have accused IBM of single-handedly leading an effort to block the software giant from having its Office Open XML standard approved by the International Standards Organisation (ISO).
An online petition posted by Microsoft to fast-track the standardisation of its Office Open XML document format masks the company's concern over the procedure, according to a leading open-source advocate.
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Linux users can now run Office XP on Linux following the release of a commercial application that allows the package to run on the open source operating system.
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Builders of the Mono open-source development project has released an update that will let programmers write Microsoft .Net applications for Linux and Unix operating systems.
A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.
Redmond-based group project manager of Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, told ZDNet Australia that OOXML provides higher levels of security. "One of the benefits we have with the OpenOffice XML formats is that we know when we read and write and document because we have an XML based representation of what's in that content -- we know what should and should not be there," he said.
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 has revamped the online resource site for its Office software line, bringing together help resources, software add-ons and other content.
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Microsoft this week plans to deliver the first test release of a new version of its Office software intended to rejuvenate sales and stave off competitors.
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