More than 30 member countries of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) have attended a ballot resolution meeting in Geneva to prepare for a final decision on Microsoft's contentious OOXML document format.
OpenDocument was ratified as a file format standard on Tuesday night by an international standards group, setting the stage for greater worldwide adoption of the open-source file format technology.
Microsoft has not gone far enough in making its Office formats open, according to a US lawyer.
Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun Microsystems.
The data format standard has the potential to transform the world just as the Web did, according to a senior Sun executive.
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Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?
A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.
An industry split over a key Web services specification could come to a head next month, when companies backing the proposal meet to hammer out details.
Oracle has revamped its development tools with support for the latest Java and Web services standards.
While StarOffice is suitable for students and home users, its poor Microsoft compatibility limits its business uses.
With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
Thin clients seem to be a perennial runner-up to full-featured desktops, but we think the time is right to stop thinking "what if?" and to get rid of those clunky desktop PCs.
Sun Microsystems will release new software that takes advantage of the Liberty technology for simplifying the process of signing on to multiple Web sites.
Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.
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