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Microsoft ‘monopoly’ comes under fire

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Chinese academics and software developers gathered in Beijing yesterday to voice their opposition to Microsoft’s latest standard document format Office Open XML (OOXML).

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Little progress in states' ODF considerations

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"The debate over use of the open document format among U.S. states appears to have hit a wall as experts representing both sides of the issue offered few new insights into the subject at a meeting of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL)."

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What comes after September 2

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I’ve mentioned before that whatever happens with the JTC1 ballot that closes on September 2, there will be a lengthy process that follows it before OOXML ever becomes an ISO/IEC standard, if that does come to pass.

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Answering Paul Thurrott on OOXML

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Paul Thurott thinks OpenXML is A-OK. After noting that Massachusetts has deemed it an acceptable document format, he says that the people who complained will under informed... Groklaw says different!

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Some Things Never Change — Technical Sabotage at Microsoft

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When an animal gets cornered, it becomes afraid. That’s when it becomes irrationally aggressive. Microsoft has truly become an animal recently and it shows.

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The Cradle of Independence Rolls Over for Microsoft

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"In the fall of 2005, in my home state of Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, the CIO of the Commonwealth, endorsed a plan to require the state government to use the Open Document Format for storing government records."

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Microsoft rewrites history in Massachusetts

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"The other day I advocated giving Microsoft the benefit of the doubt with regards to its attutude to open source, with the proviso that even with that benefit the company’s actions would still sometimes inevitably be seen in a bad light."

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Massachusetts Falls to OOXML as ITD Punts

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"In a not unanticipated move, Massachusetts announced today that Ecma 376, the name given to the Microsoft Office Open XML formats following their adoption by Ecma, would be acceptable for use by the Executive Agencies of the Commonwealth."

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Why OOXML will not be an ISO/IEC standard in 2007

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"Even though the JTC1 ballot closes on September 2 on Microsoft’s product description for Microsoft Office, namely OOXML or DIS 29500, this will not become an ISO/IEC standard in 2007."

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MS to answer questions about OOXML on 4Linux's podcast Aug. 2

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4Linux in Brazil has a live podcast show and the next theme is Microsoft, Open Source and "interoperability" with OpenXML. A Microsoft representative will be there. You can presend the show questions to ask Microsoft's representative. Some of the questions will be read and answered in English. And after the live feed, there will be an English translation available

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Game over for OpenDocument?

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The quest for OpenDocument gets grounded by the hard realities of Microsoft Office-bound business processes. What's next for enterprise users who really want document interoperability?

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Now It's Spain and OOXML - More Standards Highjinks?

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It seems there may have been more games played by Microsoft in the OOXML saga, or at the very least some confusion spread, and this time our story comes from Spain...

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Update on the US Vote on OOXML (and What Happens Next)

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"As you will recall, V1, the INCITS Technical Committee that addresses document format standards, was unable to reach consensus on a recommended US vote to either approve or reject DIS 29500, the draft ISO/IEC standard that describes Microsoft's OOXML formats. As expected, Microsoft is seeking to gain a US vote in favor of OOXML..."

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Microsoft confident of OpenXML success

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"The recent article on the South African leg of the international procedure to have OpenXML ratified as an ISO standard was published before Microsoft was able to respond to queries. Their response has now been published below."

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Office Open XML Standards Push Not Dead Yet

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"Like the Terminator – just when the monster machine seems defeated, it always somehow rises again – Microsoft's push for international standards status for its Office document formats refuses to die."

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