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• Venezuela and India appeal OOXML ratification

  Venezuela and India have appealed against the official ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, bringing the total number of protesting countries to four.

• Microsoft file standard offers 'minimum openness'

  Microsoft has not gone far enough in making its Office formats open, according to a US lawyer.

• Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards

  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has cited legal concerns over Microsoft's software as a factor behind its decision to only use document formats based on open standards.

• Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop

  The commonwealth of Massachusetts has proposed a plan to phase out office productivity applications from Microsoft and other providers in favour of those based on "open" standards, including the recently approved OpenDocument standard.

• Microsoft adding XML files to Office 12

  Microsoft said on Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year.

Features and Case Studies (18)

• Next big step for the Web?

  Is the "Semantic Web" the new Internet, or a complex technology in search of a problem to solve? Tim Berners-Lee and company make a pitch for new ways to get the most out of the Internet.

• XML: Too much of a good thing?

  Explosion of special-interest XML dialects could mean the standard is a success or could be the start of a new headache.

• The enterprise service bus pulls in

  There's no fixed way to create an ESB, but getting interoperability right is key to any system.

• Hop on the enterprise service bus

  Unless you've been hiding under a rock for a few years, then you should know by now that the IT industry is in the throes of an integration revolution.

• When standards don't apply

  A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.

Reviews (9)

• Reasons for and against upgrading to Office 2003

  Are you considering making the move to Office 2003? Find out about features, licensing, and what the new version can and can't add to your organisation.

• Microsoft Word: How you can live without it

  Commentary: Yes, you do have alternatives. But the differences between WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org's Writer, and MS Word are very minor. Let me explain why you might--or might not--want to switch.

• Office 2003: Which of 6 (or more!) to choose?

  COMMENTARY--When the next version of MS Office ships later this year, it'll come in at least six different editions. There'll be two different versions of some apps. Confusing, huh? Let me try to clear it up for you.

• Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective

  As Microsoft's forthcoming office suite takes clearer shape, we report on the latest beta version, and its implications for companies' IT strategies.

• How open is the new Office?

  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.

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