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ODF/OOXML: Chronology
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EVENTS
[ 2005 ]
[ 2006 ]
[ 2007 ]
[ 2008 ]
[ 2009 ]
[ 2010 ]
[ 2011 ]
[ 2013 ]
[ 2014 ]
2005 EVENTS CHRONOLOGICALLY
[ January ]
[ March ]
[ August ]
[ September ]
[ October ]
[ November ]
[ December ]
January
March
August
September
October
November
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2005-11-03
MA politicians intervene, raise the disability issue
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2005-11-08
IBM, Sun, others meet
to formalize support for ODF at IBM in Armonk, NY;
Redmonk's Stephen O'Grady's notes
from the meeting;
Andy Updegrove's notes
-
2005-11-08
Sun announces they'll convert Word files to ODF
- PJ, Groklaw
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2005-11-09
Latest ODF News from Andy Updegrove
- PJ, Groklaw
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2005-11-16
Brief of the Information Technology Division Regarding Adoption of
Open Document Format[PDF]
by Linda Hamel, Esq., General Counsel, ITD, MA, submitted to
The Honorable Marc Pacheco, Chair, Senate Post Audit Committee
-
2005-11-17
MA politicos try to wrest control of IT decisions
- Amendment introduced
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2005-11-17
MS announces Ecma submission plan
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2005-11-21
Larry Rosen supports it
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2005-11-23
MS covenant not to sue announced
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2005-11-26
Boston Globe reports investigation of Peter Quinn's travels to conferences
and
Groklaw reacts, as does
Andy Updegrove
and O'Reilly's
Andy Oram
who publishes interview with Quinn's prior boss, Eric Kriss stating
he approved all Quinn trips; [note
Quinn was totally exonerated
by Dec. 10.]
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2005-11-28
Reactions to MS'"glimmer of openness" in covenant not to sue and some history of MS standards tricks
-
2005-11-28
MA Governor Mitt Romney says he is pleased with MS's progress to openness
-- see also
VNUnet article
-
2005-11-29
Legal and other questions
raised by Sun's Simon Phipps and Groklaw about Microsoft's
covenant not to sue and issues about Ecma policies
-
2005-11-29
Sun's Director of Corporate Standards, Carl Cagill sends letter to MA, urges state to reject MS XML
December
2006 EVENTS CHRONOLOGICALLY
[ January ]
[ February ]
[ March ]
[ April ]
[ May ]
[ June ]
[ July ]
[ August ]
[ September ]
[ October ]
[ December ]
January
February
March
April
May
June
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2006-06-29
Senator Marc Pacheco's report,
"Open Standards, Closed Government: the ITD's Deliberate Disregard for Public Process," is released in paper format only.
July
August
September
October
December
2007 EVENTS CHRONOLOGICALLY
[ January ]
[ May ]
[ June ]
[ July ]
[ August ]
[ September ]
[ October ]
[ November ]
[ December ]
January
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2007-01-20
What's Wrong With Choice?
- Opportunity Knocks
-
2007-01=23
Interesting Times Doug Mahue ["It seems I've put a few folks in a bit of a tizzy, by asking Rick Jelliffe to contribute his expertise to some incorrections on Wikipedia that I've been unable to get corrected on my own."] - His solicitation, as posted by Mahue on Slashdot.
-
2007-01-25
Crocodile Tears - Rob Weir ["By now everyone on the planet with an internet connection knows about Rick Jelliffe, the blogger Microsoft offered to pay to make the Office Open XML Wikipedia page “more objective”. (" - The page prior to edits and the Talk page.]
-
2007-01-25
Life is Complicated
- Tim Bray
May
June
July
-
2007-07-02
Massachusetts Lowers Its Standards
-
2007-07-03
Reviewing the "Accessibility of Ecma Office Open XML File Formats"
- Peter Korn, Accessibility Architect at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-
2007-07-05
Denmark to test both ODF and OpenXML next year
-
2007-07-05
Sun ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office released
download]
-
2007-07-07
Polish National Interoperability Framework promotes Open Standards
-
2007-07-09
My Comments to the Mass. ITD on OOXML - Please Send Your's
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-07-09
The Formula For Failure
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
OOXML's spreadsheet formula is worse than missing. It has
incorrect formulas that, if implemented according to this
standard, would raise important health, safety and environmental
concerns, aside from the obvious financial risks of a spreadsheet
that calculates incorrect results.
-
2007-07-09
How open is "open" when Microsoft say it?
- David M Williams, ITWire
-
2007-07-09
Talking with Microsoft's Gray Knowlton about MSOXML accessibility
- Peter Korn, Accessibility Architect at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-
2007-07-10
Mathematically Incorrect
- yoonkit, Open Malaysia
-
2007-07-10
Open Up to Open Formats
- Robert Strohmeyer, MaximumPC
-
2007-07-10
Government of Japan Embraces Open Software Standards
- Government Technology
-
2007-07-11
Interoperability Specifications Pledge
- Bob Sutor, IBM
IBM's
patent pledge
which includes ODF in its "List of Covered Specifications".
-
2007-07-11
Questions for Microsoft on open formats
- BBC News
-
2007-07-12
About Massachusetts... Updated 2Xs
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-07-15
OOXML Fails to Gain Approval in US
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2007-07-15
How the Game is Played: INCITS V1 Narrowly Votes Down OOXML
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-07-16
The converter hoax
- Georg Greve, Free Software Foundation Europe, Guest Commentary: Heise
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2007-07-17
Chennai Corporation opts for Open Office
- Karthik Subramanian, The Hindu
-
2007-07-18
Notes from Portugal on the July 16th Meeting on Ecma-376
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-07-18
OOXML does not buy its way in Italy
- Carlo Piana
-
2007-07-19
Open standards beat Microsoft 13 to 4
- James Archibald, Tectonic
-
2007-07-20
Proprietizing Standards
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-07-23
Update on the US Vote on OOXML (and What Happens Next)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-07-24
Now It's Spain and OOXML - More Standards Highjinks?
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-07-24
World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft's Open XML
- Martin LaMonica, CNET
-
2007-07-25
Whoa! HTML 5 is being revived... (cartoon)
- J.D. "Iliad" Frazer, User Friendly
-
2007-07-26
Microsoft har flertal i dansk dokumentudvalg
- Morton Nystrup, epn.dk
-
2007-07-30
España NO aprueba el OOXML de Microsoft
-
2007-07-30
Jason Matusow's Blog
[Commenting on exclusion of Sun and IBM from Portuguese vote].
-
2007-07-31
MS to answer questions about OOXML on 4Linux's podcast Aug. 2
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-07-31
Diz NO ao OOXML: Comit presidido por Microsoft decide em seu favor OOXML vs Portugal: 13-7
- Rui Seabra, SoftwareLivre Blog
-
2007-07-31
Why OOXML will not be an ISO/IEC standard in 2007
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
August
-
2007-08-01
Accessibility Issues with Office Open XML
- Stephen A. Hockema and Jutta Treviranus, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
-
2007-08-01
Massachusetts Falls to OOXML as ITD Punts
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-01
An open document standard for China
- Peter Junge, ZDNet Asia
-
2007-08-01
ODF Metrics 1st August 2007
- ODF Alliance Europe Action Group
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2007-08-02
Mass. Surrenders to Microsoft's Open XML Push
- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, eWeek
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2007-08-02
The vendor also invades Colombia
- <no>OOXML [9 out of 14 on TC in Colombia are MS or MS Partners]
-
2007-08-02
Microsoft's Mac Office delay: What it means
- Todd Bishop, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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2007-08-02
Two Feet, No Feathers
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2007-08-03
Microsoft FUD Watch, 8-3-07
- Joe Wilcox, Microsoft Watch [Regarding MA's decision to support MSOOXML]
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2007-08-03
The Cradle of Independence Rolls Over for Microsoft
- Michael J. Jordan, Linux Online
-
2007-08-05
Answering Paul Thurrott on OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-08-06
What comes after September 2
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-08-07
[NYS's Newly Enacted Doc Format Law - They Ask for Comments]
-
2007-08-07
Microsoft 'monopoly' comes under fire
- BBJ.hu
-
2007-08-07
Little progress in states' ODF considerations
- Matt Hines, InfoWorld
-
2007-08-08
Swiss Cheese
- <NO>OOXML Blog [Majority votes no on OOXML in Switzerland;
but it will vote abstain anyway]
-
2007-08-09
Report from Australia - the OOXML Forum - Updated 2Xs
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-09
MS, IBM-Sun slug it out on standard text format
- Chrisranjana.com
-
2007-08-09
Apple Support for Open Document Format
- Online petition created by Prof. Rommel P. Feria
-
2007-08-09
OSIA takes issue with OOXML, lobbies Standards Australia
- Naomi Hamilton, ComputerWorld
-
2007-08-10
OOXML Approval Vote Fails in INCITS
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-11
Google Pack Adds StarOffice
- Ionut Alex Chitu, Google (Unofficial) OS Blog
-
2007-08-13
Malaysia formally embraces Open Document Format
- Lynn Tan, ZDNet Asia
-
2007-08-13
Another update on ODF vs. OOXML file counts
- Ben Langhinrichs, Genii Weblog
-
2007-08-14
The ODF vs. OOXML numbers. Hint, OOXML is doing poorly.
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-08-14
Emerging consensus in favour of a unified document format standard?
- Mark Shuttleworth
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2007-08-15
Info for AU folks wishing to comment on OOXML to Standards Australia
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-08-15
Patent threat looms large over OOXML
- The New Zealand Open Source Society
-
2007-08-15
NZ Open Source Society warns of Open XML patent threat
- Rob O'Neill, ComputerWorld NZ
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2007-08-17
FSFE, SIUG File Official Objections to Switzerland's Vote on MS-OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-17
OOXML, ODF and UOF: What's Up in China?
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-17
IBM unveils Lotus Notes 8
- Ephraim Schwartz, ComputerWorld [Lotus Notes 8 supports
Open Document Format for Office Applications, the international standard.]
-
2007-08-20
Poland against OOXML?
- michuk, polishlinux.org
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2007-08-22
DIN e.V. Explains its vote on OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-22
Standards NZ to canvass local views on Open XML
- Rob O'Neill Auckland, ComputerWorld NZ
-
2007-08-22
The *Complete* Story on the US INCITS Vote
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-22
DIN sagt "Ja" zu Microsofts Dokumentenformat OpenXML
- Heise Online
-
2007-08-23
Correcting false statements by Microsoft
- Erwin Tenhumberg, StarOffice Tango
-
2007-08-23
OOXML: Brazil Says NO
- Avi Alkalay, Digital Awareness and Flying Spirit
-
2007-08-23
Is it safe?
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2007-08-24
BIS stumps Microsoft for new language
- Leslie D'Monte, Business Standard
-
2007-08-24
India throws MS open format out of the window
- Indiatimes
-
2007-08-24
Viva Brasil! ODF para todos!
- Josef, kuarepoti-dju
-
2007-08-24
This Just In: China Votes "No with Comments" on OOXML
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-24
What Happened in Germany
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-24
Latest INCITS Voting Results on OOXML; JTC1 Vote Begins to be Stacked
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-25
MSOOXML: Third Party Support - Apple iWork '08
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2007-08-25
Microsoft cannnot resolve OOXML JTC1 ballot comments
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-08-27
Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML
- Kim Haverblad, OS/2 World
-
2007-08-27
More Irregularities in the OOXML ISO Process Surface
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-08-27
Microsoft turns its wrath to Malaysian Ministries
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2007-08-28
The OOXML Vote: How Bad Can it Get? (Keep Counting)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-28
Critics urge rejection of Microsoft 'open' format
- Reuters
-
2007-08-29
MSOOXML: What Happens After Sept. 2?
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-08-29
Microsoft Memo to Partners in Sweden Surfaces: Vote Yes for OOXML - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-30
New Zealand casts NO on Open XML vote
- Geekzone
-
2007-08-30
Hungarian Standards Institution to reconsider its vote!
- <NO>OOXML
-
2007-08-30
Open XML standard war grows heated
- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, DesktopLinux
-
2007-08-30
States seek more oversight of Microsoft
- Yahoo! News
-
2007-08-30
Norway and OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-30
Sweden's SIS Declares OOXML Vote Invalid - Will Change Vote from Yes to Abstain - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-30
France and OOXML: Majority Voted No with Comments in PreVote, But... Consensus Outcome Unknown
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-08-30
Microsoft format fight with rivals to intensify
- Financial Times
-
2007-08-31
P Country Upgrades Continue - as do Document Committee Signups as Well
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-31
The ISO/IEC Voting Process on OOXML Explained (and What Happens Next)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-08-31
OOXML News From Denmark
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-31
Norway Decides: No with Comments on OOXML and a Hint from Hungary
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-08-31
Microsoft Allegedly Bullies and Bribes to Make Office an International Standard
- Michael Calore, Wired News
-
2007-08-31
Did Not Support OOXML Proposal: CSI
- Computer Society of India
In a communication to the BIS to clarify the issue, Dr. J.R.
Arora, CSI's representative in BIS, states that: "I also wish to
draw your attention to a news item published in the Economics
Times as has been brought to my notice by the Hon. Secretary,
CSI. Quoting you, it is mentioned in this news item that 'There
was no need for voting as only Infosys Technologies and CSI
supported Microsoft'. This statement is not correct, as CSI, in
its written comments sent to BIS with a copy marked to you, has
very categorically stated that it does not support the OOXML
standard in its present form.
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2007-08-31
[The Latest News from Brazil - No with Comments to OOXML, but...]
- Alexandre Oliva, Joy - Shame - Anxiety
September
-
2007-09-01
Denmark Votes No with Comments to OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-09-02
Poland vote$ for Microsoft OOXML [it's official]
- PolishLinux.org - [Ignoring earlier committee vote against].
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2007-09-03
Australia abstains on Office Open XML vote
- Standards Australia - and
SA decision on OOXML [PDF]
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2007-09-03
NSAI PROVIDES QUALIFIED APPROVAL FOR MAJOR SOFTWARE STANDARD
- National Standards Authority of Ireland - [No, with comments].
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2007-09-03
Brazil votes against Open XML
- Luiza Dalmazo, Tais Fuoco and Camila Fusco, ComputerWorld Brazil
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2007-09-03
MSOOXML: What Happened in Hungary
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-09-03
Open XML : La France dit Non
- Cyrille Chausson, LeMondeInformatique
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2007-09-03
France's AFNOR Has an Idea: Merge ODF and OOXML - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2007-09-03
UK response to the draft international standard, ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML (ECMA 376)
- BSI British Standards - [No, with comments]
-
2007-09-03
Korea, No with comments to OOXML
- Eunseung Kang, Inews24, as translated by Seokchan (Channy) Yun
-
2007-09-03
[EN] Protest against the position of KT 182 committee
- Jogger
-
2007-09-04
The results of the ISO voting: Office Open XML is Disapproved - Updated: It's Official
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-09-04
OOXML, the past. ODF, the future.
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
[PJ: You will find a list of applications already using ODF
here.]
-
2007-09-04
Lessons learned - the job isn't over
- btarval, Slashdot [Referenced at
ComputerWorld's Blogs].
-
2007-09-04
How to Hack ISO
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2007-09-04
Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards vote
- Mary Jo Foley, All About Microsoft
-
2007-09-04
Microsoft FUD Watch: OOXML Edition
- Joe Wilcox, Microsoft FUD Watch
-
2007-09-04
Microsoft Loses, Spins Open XML Vote
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, eWeek
-
2007-09-04
[Not even "promises, promises" ...]
- Brian Jones comment on his blog
-
2007-09-05
Microsoft's Office Open XML Spec Deep-Sixed -- For Now
- Michael Desmond, Redmond Developer News
- ;
2007-09-05
[Comment by Alex Brown on Jason Matusow's Blog, scroll down as the anchor tags do not appear to work]
- Alex Brown, Convenor, Ballot Resolution Meeting
-
2007-09-05
Microsoft denies OOXML has 'proprietary hooks' (video)
- ZDNet Australia
-
2007-09-06
OOXML - what just happened?
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's Weblog
-
2007-09-06
Appeals Court Rules that Deceptive Conduct in Standard Setting can Violate Antitrust Laws
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-09-07
An Open Letter to ISO
- Geir Isene, Straight talk on IT
-
2007-09-07
Working for Standards
- Lauren Wood, O'Reilly Network
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2007-09-07
Norbert Bollow starts OpenISO
- <NO>OOXML
-
2007-09-08
3.2 billion people voted NO against OOXML
- <NO>OOXML
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2007-09-09
OOXML ballot comments
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's Weblog
-
2007-09-09
Office 2007's Confusion Mode
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2007-09-10
JTC 1/SC 34 - Document Description and Processing Languages
with
a ZIP file of MS OOXML Comments in Word.doc
format. [Haven't they heard about
ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Information technology -- Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0?]
-
2007-09-10
IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community
-
2007-09-11
Vietnamese Officials Moving to OpenOffice.org
- "More than 20,000 computers..." - Saigon Times Daily
-
2007-09-11
ISO Maintenance Regime
- Wikipedia
-
2007-09-11
IBM and OpenOffice.org: An Interview with IBM's Doug Heintzman
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-09-11
Ubuntu and Red Hat praise IBM as it joins OpenOffice.org community
- Bill Andad, DaniWeb IT Discussion Community
-
2007-09-11
Countries' Comments on MS OOXML - How You Can Help
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-09-12
Standards Australia defends its decision to abstain from OOXML vote
- Andrew Hendry, ComputerWorld
-
2007-09-12
Microsoft Tech Ed 2007: OpenXML
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
-
2007-09-12
Russia blindly votes for Microsoft office standard
- CNews Russian IT-Review
-
2007-09-14
The Canadian Labour Congress Switches to OpenOffice
- Saves almost $60,000!
- Marius Nestor, Linux Editor, Softpedia
-
2007-09-14
Google Welcomes ISO Decision On OOXML
- Zaheda Bhorat, Open Source Team, Google Code Blog
-
2007-09-19
Nigeria and Politics of OOXML Voting
- Remmy Nweke, ITREALMS Online
-
2007-09-23
The OOXML Odyssey: Reader Outrage Edition
- Michael Desmond, Redmond Developer News
-
2007-09-23
OpenOffice.org documents within Firefox
- Percy Cabello, Mozilla Links
-
2007-09-24
National Archives of Australia Releases Xena 4.0 for Digital Preservation
- Xena On Sourceforge
-
2007-09-24
Microsoft's secretive standards orgs in Former Yugoslavia
- Ivan Jelic, LinuxWorld.com
-
2007-09-25
Frankly speaking: Microsoft's cynicism
- Frank Hayes, ComputerWorld
"After all this work to make OOXML a formal, independent standard
-- a standard created and promoted by Microsoft, remember
-- Microsoft won't agree to follow it."
-
2007-09-26
Remembering September
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
October
-
2007-10-02
Sun ODF Plugin 1.1 for Microsoft Office available now!
- Malte Timmerman, Malte Timmerman's Blog
-
2007-10-03
Government Open Source Conference to Feature Open Document Debate
- Government Technology
-
2007-10-07
Cracks in the Foundation
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
Just as the Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003 markup formats
were abandoned by Microsoft, I predict that OOXML will soon be
cast aside. The problem is that OOXML is such a poorly-engineered
format that not even Microsoft wants to build upon this. If I had
to divine the future of Microsoft's file formats, I'd look more in
the XAML/XPS/Silverlight space. I believe that future MS Office
document formats will look more like that than like OOXML.
-
2007-10-10
Meanwhile, Back in Minnesota: Your Chance to Help
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-10-12
ODF enters the Semantic Web
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2007-10-16
OOXML Payback Time as Global Standards Work in SC 34 "Grinds to a Halt"
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-10-17
Standards: We need to talk
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-10-26
South African Government Adopts ODF (and not OOXML)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-10-26
ODF Alliance hails record growth in application support for ODF
- Jack Loftus, Enterprise Linux Log
-
2007-10-26
Whither OOXML?
- Bernard Golden, CIO.com
-
2007-10-27
Name'n and Shame'n Where the Credit is Due: Setting the Record Straight on (Non)Voting in SC 34
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-10-30
Miguel's delusions of grandeur
- Sam Varghese, ITWire
-
2007-10-30
German Foreign Office comes out in favor of Open Document Format
- Stefan Krempl, Heise Online
-
2007-10-31
Will GNOME split give Microsoft Open XML standards win?
- Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney, Open Source Blog
-
2007-10-31
Some OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting comments
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
November
-
2007-11-02
Key KOffice Developers Talk About KOffice 2 and Open Standards
- Sebastian Kügler, KDE News
-
2007-11-06
Now it's Open Document Format's turn for the FUDmeisters.
- KC, HackFUD:
Okay, lets get one thing straight...
Repeat after me :
"The Open Document Foundation has nothing to do with the
Open Document Format"
-
2007-11-07
Open Document Format gains more support
- EDRI
-
2007-11-07
What's up at the OpenDocument Foundation?
- Joe Barr, Linux.com
-
2007-11-09
Putting the OpenDocument Foundation to Bed (without its supper)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-11-09
1. OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting: Questions and Answers
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-11-10
OpenDocument and Qt fonts goodness
- Thomas Zander, TrollTech Labs
-
2007-11-13
Battle for the Transparency
- Radoslav Dejanović, Odd_Parity
[Lawsuit announced over MS OOXML standards vote]
-
2007-11-13
IBM's Lotus Symphony Continues ODF Push
- John Fontana, Network World
-
2007-11-15
Microsoft launches OOXML drive in Philippines
- Joel D Pinaroc, ZDNet
-
2007-11-20
Portugal will send Microsoft and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner to the BRM
- Rui Seabra, <NO>OOXML
-
2007-11-21
Leaving Home for Good: It's Time for a Global Consortium Standards Organization
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-11-21
Ecma receives 3,522 comments on Open XML standards bid
- Eric Lai, ComputerWorld
[PJ: See also eWeek's coverage. A majority of P voting countries
did not vote for OOXML. Out of 41 P members, 24
voted either against approval, or abstained.]
-
2007-11-23
GNOME Foundation defends OOXML involvement
- Bruce Byfield, Linux.com
-
2007-11-25
ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words (an eBook in Process)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-11-25
OOXML BRM - registration deadline approaches
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's Blog
-
2007-11-26
News From Hungary: A Followup Meeting of TC on MSOOXML Dec. 5
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-11-27
Help! Seeking OOXML comments for event
- Pia Waugh, pipka.org
-
2007-11-28
ODF VS OOXML: Library support shootout
- Command Line Warriors:
How well is ODF and OOXML supported in different languages?
I started off by choosing six common languages used by application
and Web developers, then I went and looked for what libraries are
available for each document format:
So a pretty clean sweep for ODF at the moment, though as you can
see, there are a couple of projects just starting up to provide
Java and PHP support for OOXML, how far they get will be
interesting to see - is it really possible to create a complete
and valid OOXML document without Microsoft software? There is a
big difference between getting some text out of a OOXML document
and making a library that fulfils the massive ECMA specification.
-
2007-11-29
OpenDocument Format community steadfast despite theatrics of now
impotent 'Foundation'
- David Berlind, Berlind's Testbed
-
2007-11-29
Office Mobile Goes OOXML
- Joe Wilcox, eWeek Microsoft Watch
-
2007-11-29
Report on WG1 activity for December 2007 Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG1 in Kyoto
- Martin Bryan, Convenor, Working Group Status Report
Unless ISO tightens up on its rules, and removes or demotes, P
members who do not vote as required by ISO rules I would recommend
my successor that it is perhaps time to pass WG1\u2019s outstanding
standards over to OASIS, where they can get approval in less than a
year and then do a PAS submission to ISO, which will get a lot more
attention and be approved much faster than standards currently can
be within WG1. The disparity of rules for PAS, Fast-Track and ISO
committee generated standards is fast making ISO a laughing stock in
IT circles.
December
-
2007-12-02
ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 2
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-12-02
662 resolutions, but only if you can find them
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2007-12-04
Microsoft starts rolling out more OOXML translators
- Mary Jo Foley, All about Microsoft
-
2007-12-04
Interop Round Table & Happy Hour -- Development Discussion on
Interop and XML. (Hors d'oeuvres and drinks hosted by Microsoft)
[PJ: Considering that Microsoft was just forced by the EU Commission
to allow interoperability under pain of huge fines, you may find the
description of the XML 2007 training session's round table and happy
hour description astounding:]
-
2007-12-04
ISO Ballot for PDF 1.7 Passed!
- James C. King, Inside PDF, Adobe
-
2007-12-05
Highs and lows, 3. ISO Loss of Credibility
- Don Christie, Pass the Source
-
2007-12-06
About maintenance of MSOOXML should it become an ISO standard... and some ideas - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-12-10
KDE takes stand on OOXML; GNOME dithers
- Sam Varghese, iTWire
-
2007-12-10
Dutch government threatens to sideline Microsoft
- Brenno De Winter, WebWereld Netherlands
-
2007-12-10
Microsoft hekelt beleid open standaarden
[Microsoft criticizes open standards policy]
- NRC Handelsblad
-
2007-12-10
ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 3
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-12-11
Microsoft: 'Kabinet overtreedt regels'
[Microsoft: 'Cabinet violates rules']
- vnunet.nl
-
2007-12-11
Ministry of Justice Open Source Discussion Paper
[PDF] - Barry Polley, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand
-
2007-12-11
What Will and Won't Be Discussed at February's BRM on MSOOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-12-11
Denmark Pretends MSOOXML Already an "Open Standard" & Mandates a Trial of ODF/MSOOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-12-12
Comments on ECMA's (aka Microsoft's) OOXML comment resolutions
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2007-12-13
A Peek Behind the Ecma OOXML Curtain
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-12-13
Cyberlaw OOXML Seminar 14 December
- Brendan Scott, Comments on Life and Law
-
2007-12-13
Netherlands Adopts Open-Source Software
- Toby Sterling, Associated Press Writer
-
2007-12-13
When do National Bodies get to change a vote on MSOOXML?
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2007-12-13
That's ISO not I-S-O
- Joab Jackson, Government Computer News
-
2007-12-17
Sun sheds light on OpenOffice strategy
- Shaun Nichols, ITnews AU
-
2007-12-20
Those Who Forget Santayana
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
This should sound familiar. OOXML is nothing more than the preferences of Microsoft Office. Whenever Word changes, OOXML will change. And if you are a user or competitor of Word, you will be the last one to hear about these changes. ISO does not own OOXML. Ecma does not own OOXML. OOXML, in practice, is controlled and determined solely by the Office product teams at Microsoft. No one else matters.
-
2007-12-21
Open document standards to be obligatory for state information
- Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, Norway
-
2007-12-21
IPR, Trade Barriers and Open Document Formats: China Learns its Lessons Well
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-12-21
Norwegian minister: closed formats, vendor lockin are unacceptable
- Ryan Paul, ars technica
-
2007-12-22
Microsoft moves the hot potatoes in a 'deprecated' basket
- zoobab, <NO>OOXML
-
2007-12-23
System That Stole Christmas
- Aaron Edlin, Project Syndicate News Service
-
2007-12-23
As Go Document Formats, So Goes Video
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2007-12-26
The Deprecated "Smoke Screen" of MS Office Open XML (OOXML)
- Russell Ossendryver, Fanatic Attack
-
2007-12-28
ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 4
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
2008 EVENTS CHRONOLOGICALLY
[ January ]
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January
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2008-01-03
Office 2003 update blocks older file formats
- Richard Thurston, CNet
[PJ: First, although Microsoft claims the blocked file formats are "insecure", I don't believe it. Read
Rob Weir's Legacy Format FUD on that. If you read the Microsoft
how to work around this, you find out it involves changing some things in your registry. But what is interesting is, among the file formats blocked are things like Word 97 for Windows and Word 2001 for the Mac. A lot of people have documents in those formats. I do myself. So here's what I think might work: open your document in OpenOffice.org, the latest version. It can open those types of documents and many, many more. Then save your document in a format that will work with Office 2003. Then ask yourself two questions: do we need ODF to ensure that we can open documents in the future without such difficulties? I'd answer yes, we do. And the second question I'd be asking is: why am I still using Microsoft products when they are nothing but troubles? And finally, if Microsoft ever again has the nerve to tell us that we need another standard document format to ensure backward compatibility for all those old documents, I think I will laugh. That is clearly not at the top of Microsoft's list of to do items.]
-
2008-01-04
Study: Open Document Format made gains in '07
- Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service
-
2008-01-04
ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words Chapter 5
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-01-07
Becta publishes major report on Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 for schools and colleges
- Becta Press Release
Recognising the limitations regarding Microsoft's implementation of the ODF document standard, and the limited uptake of Microsoft's new Office 2007 file format (OOXML) we recommend that in the short term users should continue to use the older Microsoft binary formats (such as .doc).
Microsoft should provide 'native' support for the ODF file format increasingly used in competitor products including those that are 'free-to-use'.
We remain concerned about the establishment of two incompatible document format standards.
Schools and colleges should make pupils, teachers and parents aware of the range of 'free-to-use' products (such as office productivity suites) that are available, and how to access and use them.
When specifying new systems, schools and colleges should normally insist on the desktop having access to office productivity software that is capable of opening editing and saving documents in the international standard ODF, and setting it as the default file format. Such products should be procured on the basis that they can be made available to students, teachers and parents for home use without attracting additional licensing costs.
-
2008-01-10
ODF-XSLT Project Announcement
- Sander Marechal, Lone Wolves
-
2008-01-10
Becta promises to do more to promote open source in UK schools
- Matthew Aslett, the 451 group
"Becta is also concerned that Microsoft’s use of converters to support the use of the OpenDocument Format effectively marginalizes the document format and discourages the adoption of office software alternatives."
-
2008-01-10
OOXML Questions Microsoft Cannot Answer in Geneva
- Russell Ossendryver, Charles H Schulz and Lars Nooden, Fanatic Attack
-
2008-01-11
Dispelling Myths Around ODF
- Erwin Tenhumberg, co-chair the ODF Adoption Technical Committee at OASIS,
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2008-01-13
You Are Here
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
Within the next 24-hours, Microsoft will submit to JTC1 a set of proposals for addressing the 3,522 comments that accompanied OOXML's failed ballot last September. We'll no doubt hear a lot of yip-yip-yahooing on their end. Expect a major media campaign. I don't want to take away the surprise, but I'm hearing that journalists are being flown into Redmond next week from around the world for briefings on OOXML. So, for their benefit, and yours, let's review where we are in the JTC1 process.
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2008-01-14
New Study Examines Microsoft ISO Votes
- Digistan
-
2008-01-14
Open XML trumps ODF in document format fight, consulting firm says
- Eric Lai, Computer World
Midvale, Utah-based Burton Group said that the report was neither commissioned nor paid for by Microsoft. However, Burton analyst Peter O'Kelly, one of the report's co-authors, is scheduled to make a presentation at an Open XML press briefing that Microsoft plans to hold in the Seattle area on Wednesday. Also speaking will be multiple Microsoft executives involved in the Open XML standards-ratification effort.
-
2008-01-14
Analyst group slams ODF, downplays Microsoft ISO abuses
- Ryan Paul, Ars Technica
-
2008-01-14
European Union Opens New Microsoft Probe
- Associated Press
-
2008-01-14
The Two New Investigations of Microsoft by the EU Commission - Updated 4Xs
- PJ, Groklaw
First, Opera's complaint to the EU Commission was deemed worth following through on. That is significant, indeed, but the ECIS complaint about Office is even bigger to FOSS, particularly with the Microsoft MSOOXML vote coming in February. One of the issues the EU Commission says it will be investigating is whether Office Open XML as implemented in Office is "sufficiently interoperable with competitors' products".
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2008-01-15
Microsoft should put old file formats in the public domain
- Stuart Corner, iTWire
-
2008-01-16
Microsoft confirms Excel bug, hacks; recommends blocking files
- Gregg Keizer, Computer World
In lieu of a patch -- which Microsoft did not promise it would produce -- the company recommended that Office 2003 users run suspect Excel files through MOICE (Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment), a free conversion tool released last year that converts Office 2003 format documents into the more secure Office 2007 formats to strip out possible exploit code. Alternately, it told administrators they could block all Office 2003 and earlier formats except those in "trusted locations" by using File Block, a last-ditch defense that requires editing the Windows registry or modifying Group Policy settings.
Ironically, file blocking -- albeit enabled by default first in Office 2007, then in September's Office 2003 SP3 update -- has raised a minor ruckus in the past week as users complained of the practice, and Microsoft tried to calm the waters by making it slightly easier to unblock the older, but banned, formats.
[PJ: So the solution is we need to convert first and then use the new OOXML version, otherwise we don't know when a cracker will own us? This is how their products work now?]
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2008-01-17
ODF vs. OOXML on the Eve of the BRM
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
The unexpected success of ODF in the marketplace is a symptom of fundamental shifts in a maturing IT ecosystem, characterized by increasingly sophisticated and demanding end users, resurgent competition, new enabling technologies, and other forces that are largely beyond Microsoft's control.
History teaches that monopolies in the marketplace, like empires in the broader world, are rarely sustainable over long periods of time, and ultimately fall victim to both external attack and internal weaknesses. The degree to which Microsoft's competitors have embraced, and many Microsoft customers and national governments alike have resonated, with ODF are strong indications that the foundations upon which Microsoft's historical dominance has been based may at last be weakening.
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2008-01-17
Open Document Format Alliance Refutes the Burton Group Report on ODF
- PJ, Groklaw
I will be curious to see if the Burton Group corrects any of the factual errors now being pointed out, which seem abundant. And I will be curious to see if they do so before the February 2008 ISO ballot on OOXML.
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2008-01-17
Microsoft wants open sourcers to write an OOXML translator
- Egan Orion, The Inquirer
-
2008-01-17
Microsoft Says It Will Release Binary Office Formats - Which? -- Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-01-18
Minutes
- Leif Lodahl, Lohdahl's Blog
[Minutes of meeting with Microsoft OOXML representatives]
-
2008-01-18
IBM, Apple Team to Take on Microsoft
- Clint Boulton, eWeek
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2008-01-19
The OOXML bunch is boringly disappointing.
- Charles-H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
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2008-01-19
Response to Ars Technica's Article on the ODF/OOXML Report
- Guy Creese, Burton Group
[PJ: They ought to just fix the flaws in the report that the ODF Alliance brought out, among others. Here they say they will issue an update but only *after* the ISO vote, when, of course, it will be too late to be meaningful.]
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2008-01-22
OOXML v 2.0: things only get worse
- Carlo Piana, Law Is Freedom
ECMA feels that the "IPR" is not an issue. Well, I believe rather the contrary. It would be suicidal to allow a standard where one single vendor is allowed to play tricks.... Here we have a standard pushed unilaterally by a single vendor who has basically decided, through its own initiative an[d] not through consensus, the architecture and the details of the standard. The game is different, here, and more thorough the clearance of patent issues shall be. But what we have instead? The Open Specification Promise. Basically an unilateral covenant not to sue. Thinking it can be sufficient guarantee for third parties to implement OOXML without a second thought is just completely naive....
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2008-01-23
While you’re waiting, don’t save in OOXML format
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-01-24
OOXML BRM - What Matters?
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's weblog
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2008-01-24
Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.10 in mid-2008
- Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld
[
Lotus Symphony
"ensure[s] access to documents well into the future with new standard file formats (ODF)".]
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2008-01-24
To Sir, With Love
- Tiffany Maleshefski, eWeek
Ok, so the recent report issued by Burton Group, a research firm specializing network and applications infrastructure technologies, doesn't come right out and profess its love to the Redmond-based software company, but it might as well.
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2008-01-25
What every engineer knows
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-01-29
Battle on Microsoft standard push
- Karen Dearne, Australian IT
[PJ: MS FUD-o-meter off the scale here. ODF can be structured to do anything you want. Microsoft didn't do that. Instead it offers a competing standard and unencumbered would mean it works freely and without restrictions and for one and all, including the GPL.]
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2008-01-30
Tracking the Man with the Gavel: Alex Brown on the BRM
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-01-30
Cruel truth surfaces in the OOXML war
- Leader, ZDNet.co.uk
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2008-01-31
ODF Alliance now loves me!
- Rick Jelliffe, O'Reilly XML Blog
-
2008-01-31
The Case for Harmonization
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-01-31
There can be only one
- Carlo Piana, Law is Freedom
February
-
2008-02-04
IBM responds to Microsoft: OOXML is "technically inferior"
- Ryan Paul, ars technica
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2008-02-05
IP Issues with OOXML (DIS 29500)
- Brendan Scott, Comments on Life and Law
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2008-02-06
By Metes and Bounds
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-02-07
Significant Open Letter from Patrick Durusau
- Rick Jelliffe, O'Reilly XML Blog
[PJ: Yes, folks. Rick Jelliffe, who just told us that
Microsoft hired him ("As I have mentioned, one of my jobs this month is for Microsoft, to play Devil’s Advocate with the Ecma responses..."), is representing Australia at the BRM. "Political issues don't come into it." Don't you just love it?]
[See comments following article on blog].
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2008-02-08
EU to probe Microsoft's ISO claim over Office software file format - report
- CNN Money
-
2008-02-08(?)
Microsoft's Office Push Scrutinized by EU
- Charles Forelle, Wall St. Journal
-
2008-02-08
EU Initiates Investigation Against Microsoft OOXML Push
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-02-08
EU Commission Investigating Microsoft's MSOOXML Push
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-02-09
Microsoft's OXML standard debate hots up
- The Economic Times
-
2008-02-11
IP Issues with OOXML - Who's Afraid of the GPL? by Brendan Scott
- Brendan Scott, Groklaw
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2008-02-11
Burton Group's Response to the ODF Alliance (Part 2)
- Guy Creese, Burton Group Blog
-
2008-02-12
Punct Contrapunct
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
[Response to Burton Group]
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2008-02-12
W3C XML is Ten!
- World Wide Web Consortium
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2008-02-12
OOXML: disquiet across the Tasman
- Sam Varghese, iTWire
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2008-02-13
Outcome of controversial XML format war depends on Asia
- Lee Min Keong, The Edge
-
2008-02-14
Open source converter answers standards needs
- Ulrika Hedquist, ComputerWorld NZ
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2008-02-14
Existing corpus of binary documents.
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-02-15
Developers warned over OOXML patent risk
- Brett Winterford, ZDNet Australia
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2008-02-15
Dutch "government ISV" adds ODF support
- Erwin Tenhumberg, Erwin's StarOffice Tango
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2008-02-16
Fast Track versus PAS
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-02-16
A Pre-BRM Miscellany
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-02-17
OpenForum Europe Conference - "Standards and the Future of the Internet"
- OpenForum Europe
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2008-02-17
How to Get Your Platform Accepted as a Standard - Microsoft Style
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-02-19
Microsoft publishes 'incomplete' OOXML specs
- Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK
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2008-02-20
Microsoft developer joins Aussie OOXML standards delegation, Both sides of the equation not evenly represented
- Rodney Gedda, Computerworld AU
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2008-02-21
Document format battle takes shape ahead of meeting
- Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
-
2008-02-21
Microsoft postpones Mac Office file converters
- Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
-
2008-02-21
Legacy Inflation
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-02-21
Taxation without web presentation
- Casey Durfee, Thingology Blog
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2008-02-21
Can You Live With It?
- Arnaud Le Hors, Arnaud's Open Blog
-
2008-02-21
Rivals Skeptical of Microsoft`s Move to Greater `Openness`
- Peter Galli, eWeek
-
2008-02-21
Promises, Promises from Microsoft. Again.
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-02-21
Microsoft Makes Major "Openness" Announcement on Eve of BRM (Updated)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-02-22
Why Google Apps is a Serious Threat to Microsoft Office
- Bernard Lunn, ReadWriteWeb
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2008-02-22
Microsoft's latest interoperability pledge: How free is 'open' now?
- Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
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2008-02-22
DVDs and Documents
- Jeremy Allison, Tux Deluxe
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2008-02-22
Does Microsoft really want to be open source's friend?
- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Linux-Watch
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2008-02-24
Why the OOXML Vote Still Matters: A Proposal to Recognize the Need for "Civil ICT Standards"
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-02-25
Crunch time for Microsoft's Open XML standards bid
- Martin LaMonica, CNet
-
2008-02-25
OOXML BRM tidbits
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-02-25
The OOXML Ballot Resolution
- Stephen Walli, One More Unto the Breach
-
2008-02-25
A renewed wish for open document standards
- Zaheda Bhorat, The Official Google Blog
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2008-02-26
Geneva. Day Zero
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-02-26
Geneva, Day One
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-02-26
My Geneva presentation
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-02-26
Microsoft gets another shot at XML standard
- Reuters
-
2008-02-26
The OOXML BRM and Australia: What happens next
- Andrew Hendry (Computerworld), Linuxworld.com.au
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2008-02-26
How do you define `commercial open source'?
- Matthew Aslett, 451 CAOS Theory
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2008-02-26
Danish Unix User Group Files Complaint With EU Commission Against Denmark For Mandating MSOOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-02-27
OOXML: An Obscured Business Suggestion & Microsoft Fined Again
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-02-27
Microsoft's 'Openness' Pledge A Potential Patent Trap, Gartner Warns
- Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
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2008-02-27
Neelie Kroes Statement on Microsoft Fine, Q & A - transcript
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-02-27
Geneva, Day Two
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-02-28
EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.3 Billion
- Aoife White, AP
-
2008-02-28
FSFE calls on Microsoft to release interoperability information without restrictions
- Free Software Foundation Europe
-
2008-02-28
Some metrics for measuring the success of the OOXML BRM
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-02-29
Using NGOs to Push Agendas
- Wiki.Linux-Delhi.org
"Form letters on OOXML sent by Microsoft to NGOs"
-
2008-02-29
Showdown in Geneva: OOXML Fails to Achieve Majority Approval at BRM
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-02-29
OOXML Fails to Get Majority Approval at BRM - Updated 2Xs
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-02-29
An Interview with Andrew Updegrove, by Sean Daly
- Sean Daly and Andy Updegrove, Groklaw
-
2008-02-29
BRM Narrative
- Tim Bray
March
-
2008-03-01
Geneva, Day Five
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-03-02
The Art of Being Mugged
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-03-03
Rules altered in OOXML standardization process
- John Fontana (Network World), PC World
-
2008-03-03
Strike One Against Microsoft
- Michael Cunningham, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Red Hat, Red Hat News
-
2008-03-03
Fast-track of ECMA-376: ISO/IEC Ballot Resolution Meeting concluded - Final 30 days of National Body deliberation on DIS 29500
- ECMA press release
-
2008-03-03
So where are all the OOXML documents?
- Pascaletmokatherine’s Weblog
-
2008-03-03
ISO BRM on OOXML Concludes Without Discussion on Over 80% of Comments
[PDF] - ODF Alliance
-
2008-03-03
Interview with Vint Cerf, by Sean Daly
- Sean Daly, Vint Cerf, PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-03-04
VDEL to OEM IBM Lotus Software on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop for E. Europe
- VDEL GmbH press release
-
2008-03-04
The Carolino Effect
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-03-04
Some clarifications on the OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting
- Antonis Christofides
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2008-03-04
Malaysia Standards Says Most of Their Technical Concerns Unresolved at BRM; Fast Track Inappropriate - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-04
OOXML, Macros and Security
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-03-05
On Being Heard
[PDF] - Patrick Durusau
-
2008-03-05
ISO Statement on the BRM: Public Stay Out - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-05
Standards Process Abuse
- Mansur, Open Malaysia
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2008-03-06
BRM documents
- Alex Brown
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2008-03-06
The Edited Notes and the Resolutions from the BRM - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-03-06
OpenOffice.org goes to LGPLv3
- Simon Phipps, SunMink
-
2008-03-06
JTC1 Improv Comedy Theater
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-03-06
New petition calls for open standards in the European Parliament
- Open Forum Europe
-
2008-03-06
Simon Phipps was right
- Michael Tiemann, OSI
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2008-03-06
Ship of Fools
- PCPro
-
2008-03-06
Navy to focus only on open systems
- Peter Buxbaum, FCW
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2008-03-07
MSOOXML BRM - XML Names
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-03-07
Ars tests Microsoft's ODF add-in for Office
- Ryan Paul, ars technica
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2008-03-07
Interview with Carlo Piana
- Ivan Jelic, LinuxWorld.com
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2008-03-07
How NBs can register a changed vote on OOXML - and a Chart of Directives Changes
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-09
Conflict of interest
- Arnaud Le Hors, Arnaud's Open Blog
-
2008-03-10
OOXML Purdah Again
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's Weblog
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2008-03-10
BRM Resolution 23: Thou Shalt Use Patent-Encumbered MP3 with OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-10
NZOSS Analysis of Ecma OOXML Responses
- New Zealand Open Source Society
-
2008-03-10
Gaps found in Microsoft Exchange API documentation
- Matt Loney, CNET
-
2008-03-10
Microsoft Antitrust Oversight Curtailed by Bush Administration
- James Rowley, Bloomberg
-
2008-03-10
Microsoft-Sun Embrace on Interoperability, Again
- Joe Wilcox, Microsoft Watch
-
2008-03-10
Why document standards matter
- John Weigelt, eChannel Line.com
[PJ: I thought you might be curious to see how Microsoft is selling OOXML.]
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2008-03-10
Fun with Microsoft OOXML
- kdedevelopers.org
-
2008-03-10
Why Microsoft wants Indian NGOs to support OOXML?
- Plugged In
-
2008-03-11
The unholy quad: Miguel, Mono, Moonlight and Microsoft
- Sam Varghese, iTWire
-
2008-03-11
XML format meeting decider
- Karen Dearne, Australian IT
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2008-03-11
Contra Durusau, Part 1
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-03-11
OOXML: Standards for accepting standards
- Richard Hillesley, ITPro
-
2008-03-11
EU: European Commission to increase its use of Open Source
- IDABC
-
2008-03-12
Samba: EC ruling made Microsoft talk again
- ZDNet UK
-
2008-03-12
SFLC Analysis of Microsoft's OSP: No Assurance for Developers
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-13
A new SDK for OOXML aims to mobilize developers
- Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
-
2008-03-13
A disappointing surprise from the SFLC
- Gray Knowlton, Gray Matter, Microsoft
[Note that it ends, appropriately, with "Filed under: FUD".]
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2008-03-13
UK: Major cost reduction result of Bristol's switch to Open Standards
- European Commission IDABC (Interchange of Data Between Administrations)
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2008-03-13
Red Hat Opposes OOXML
- Red Hat Corporate Affairs Team
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2008-03-13
Bad surprise in Microsoft Office binary documents : interoperability remains impossible
- Stephane Rodriguez, OOXML is defective by design
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2008-03-13
Don Christie: The case against OOXML
- Rob O'Neill, Computerworld NZ
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2008-03-14
DIS 29500/OOXML - What you can do
- Inigo Surguy
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2008-03-14
Unresolved Technical Concerns In DIS 29500 (OOXML) [PDF]
- Oracle Corporate Architecture Group
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2008-03-14
Muenchner Oberbuergermeister lehnt ISO-Standardisierung von OOXML ab
- Heise
[Mayor of Munich opposes OOXML being made a Standard
English translation by PJ and Sherlock:
Munich's mayor Christian Ude says in a letter to the Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, Michael Glos, he thinks there should be a clear "no" to the standardization of OOXML. The German Institute for Standardization (DIN) is currently evaluating how to vote in the ISO standardisation procedure. All the city needs, Ude indicates, is OpenDocument Format (ODF), already an ISO standard, and he believes competition is weakened by a competiting standards....
Having two competitive interfaces to implement, instead of only one standard to support, Ude argues, is more complex and more expensive.]
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2008-03-14
The Disharmony of OOXML
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-03-14
OOXML Import In Writer: A Shape Is a Shape, Is a Shape?
- Henning Brinkmann, GullFOSS
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2008-03-17
InternetNZ supports Vint Cerf's rejection of OOXML
- InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc)
-
2008-03-17
Gates goes to Washington as US OOXML decision nears
- Eric Lai (Computerworld), LinuxWorld.com.au
-
2008-03-17
Microsoft's moves 'threaten net'
- BBC News
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2008-03-17
Microsoft Intensifies Full Court Press On OOXML
- Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb
-
2008-03-17
OOXML vote in Romania, signs of committee stuffing
- Marching Up and Down the Square
-
2008-03-18
OOXML IPR problems
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-03-18
OOXML is REALLY BAD (But then we already knew that didn't we?)
- Alan Lord, The Open Sourcerer
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2008-03-18
Formats vie for acceptance
[subtitle:] Microsoft has much riding on ISO approval for its OOXML format, but what would users and IT teams get out of it? - Madeline Bennett and David Neal, IT Week
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2008-03-18
A Microsoft Slur in the OOXML Saga -- Did I Tell You or Did I Tell You? - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-18
How many defects remain in OOXML?
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-03-19
Changes to the SC 34/JTC1 rules for changing your OOXML vote
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog, "Personally I've had enough with on-the-fly rule and process changes with this whole thing, but if the increase in recipients is just to ensure that all changes get counted, I'm fine with that."
-
2008-03-19
Microsoft's Open XML letter
- Ed Brill
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2008-03-19
New Rules for Changing Your Vote on OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-19
Germany upgrades ODF to "recommended"
- Erwin Tenhumberg, Erwin's StarOffice Tango
-
2008-03-19
Microsoft Tax on Linux in Schools must end says Becta
- Sirius
-
2008-03-19
The Fog of War and a Ray of Light
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-03-20
Rumble in Kuala Lumpur!
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-03-20
India Has Voted NO to OOXML - Updated - On Error Rates in Draft Standards
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-03-21
The Elephant in the Room - with a calling card.
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
-
2008-03-21
India to vote against Microsoft's OXML, against wishes of IT cos
- Harsimran Singh, Economic Times
-
2008-03-21
OSI supports ODF and Document Freedom Day
- OSI
-
2008-03-21
Custom XML? What Custom XML?
- Stéphane Rodriguez, OOXML is defective by design
-
2008-03-22
Poland Fails to Approve OOXML; Chairman Decides Members Can Vote by Email 10 More Days - huh? - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-03-22
Microsoft just doesn't *understand* open standards
- jesterzog, Slashdot
-
2008-03-22
Fear! That should work!
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-03-22
My almost final post on ooxml
- Harish Pillay
-
2008-03-23
MY-0006 - Percentages
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-03-24
Cuba Votes No to OOXML - Says It Did So in September, Too - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-24
How to Royally Annoy National Bodies
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
[Includes the response by "the Chair for the Malaysian SIRIM TC4", Prof. Dr. Ahmad Zaki Abu Bakar, "to Doug Mahugh (Microsoft USA employee) on Doug's outburst against fellow TC4 members and the Chair himself."]
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2008-03-24
ISO approval: A good process gone bad
- Melanie Chernoff, Red Hat Magazine
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2008-03-24
More OOXML BRM Messiness: A Delegate from Brazil Challenges "Law of Silence"
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-03-24
OOXML's (Out of) Control Characters
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-03-24
The Last Lap
- ditesh, Open Malaysia
-
2008-03-25
Brazil Votes NO to OOXML - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-25
Open letter to ISO Standards Committee
- Peter D Drummond, FAA, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Queensland, on <NO>OOXML
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2008-03-26
Microsoft Files Complaint About India's No Vote on OOXML - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-26
A response to Patrick Durusau: Who Loses If OpenXML Loses?
- Sander Marechal, LXer
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2008-03-27
Another Reason Microsoft's OSP Isn't Good Enough
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-27
Kenya Changes From Yes to Abstain! Denmark Says No; EU Commission Investigating Poland - Updated 5Xs - Mexico
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-27
President of EU Academy for Standardisation criticizes OOXML, says duplicative standards conflict with WTO rules
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-27
In Close Vote, Germany Stays in the OOXML "Yes" Column as More Reports Dribble in
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-03-27
Updegrove: Germany Told "Impossible" to Vote No. So, They Vote Yes
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-28
OOXML: decision time is nigh
- Sam Varghese, iTWire
-
2008-03-28
The Future of ODF and OOXML
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-03-28
What Really Happened at the BRM for OOXML & Who Attended - Updates on Results
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-28
Another Good Reason To Quit Feeding Microsoft's Favorite Cash Cow
- Matthew McKenzie, The bMighty Blog
-
2008-03-28
US antitrust officials pledge tough enforcement as European counterpart promises to ease up
- IHT
-
2008-03-29
OOXML Vote: Irregularities in Germany & Croatia and a Call for an Investigation of Norway
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-30
Malaysian Technical Committee for E-Commerce (TC4) vote on OOXML
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-03-30
Promoting the Repair Shop philosophy
- Geir Isene, Straight talk on IT
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2008-03-31
Malaysian Industrial Standards Committee for IT (ISC-G) vote on OOXML
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-03-31
Norway asks to suspend its 'Yes' vote on OOXML
- Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, InfoWorld
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2008-03-31
New Zealand Votes No; Malaysia Tech Recommends No but It Abstains Anyway: Australia Abstains; India Suggests
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-03-31
Microsoft Lobbying In Singapore
- Ditesh, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-03-31
Formal Protest Filed Asking that Norway's Vote Be Annulled & KEI Statement
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-03-31
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation decides on Malaysia's final position on OOXML
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-03-31
The France Shift From No to Abstain -- HP helped Microsoft France do it - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
April
-
2008-04-01
Analysis: ISO vote is only first step for Open XML
- Elizabeth Montalbano, ComputerWorld
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2008-04-01
OOXML 'Approved' Amid Voting Controversy
- Richard Koman, CIO Today
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2008-04-01
ODF accepted as Croatian national standard
- odd_parity
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2008-04-01
OOXML about to pass? Incredible irregularities reported
- foobar
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2008-04-01
Expect a 2nd Official Complaint -- Against UK's OOXML Vote
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-01
RP retracts 'no' position in document format war
- Melvin G. Calimag, Manila Bulletin Online
-
2008-04-01
Romania says yes to OOXML once again
- Ars Aranea
-
2008-04-01
OOXML->ISO: From What to Who
- Geir Isene, Straight talk on IT
-
2008-04-01
Sorting to untruth to justify a bad decision
- Geir Isene, Straight talk on IT
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2008-04-02
How the Philippines Changed Its OOXML Vote from No to Yes - Updated 2Xs: ISO Press Release & Letters
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-02
Ecma - a case study for vendor capture
- <NO>OOXML
-
2008-04-02
And now the appeals and reactions while OOXML sits on hold
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-02
EU investigating OOXML vote
- Richard Koman, ZDNet Government
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2008-04-02
The Philippine Decision on OOXML - Updated x3
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2008-04-02
How to buy a standard in 10 days
- James Hogarth, Tideway
-
2008-04-02
ISO/IEC DIS 29500 receives necessary votes for approval as an International Standard
- ISO News
-
2008-04-02
ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal
- NetworkWorld
-
2008-04-02
BRM Blowback (and ISO Press Release)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-04-02
Regarding OOXML and the need for change
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2008-04-02
Re-enacting the parrot sketch
- Georg Greve, FSFE
-
2008-04-02
OOXML: The Return of the Champ
- Lee Pender, Redmond Channel Partner
-
2008-04-02
New Paths in Standardization
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-04-03
Microsoft's ISO win may worsen antitrust woes; Claims of foul play in the voting process may come back to haunt the software giant
- Paul Meller Brussels, ComputerWorld NZ
-
2008-04-03
Ubersoft on ISO, "voting irregularities", and Groklaw
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-03
What the OOXML fiasco can teach us
- Sam Varghese, iTWire
-
2008-04-03
World's Hottest Tech Markets Voted Against Microsoft OOXML
- Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
-
2008-04-03
Schools in Swiss canton switch to Linux and OpenOffice.org
- Erwin Tenhumberg, Erwin's StarOffice Tango
-
2008-04-03
Software Wars
- Financial Times editorial
-
2008-04-03
Canada Tells Why It Voted No on OOXML & How ISO Must Improve - Updated: Others See Need to Fix ISO
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-04
EC probes OOXML standards-setting process
- Kelly Fiveash, The Register
-
2008-04-04
OOXML: Wasn't There Supposed to be a Final Text Within a Month?
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-04
Becta's response to the approval of Office Open XML
- Becta
-
2008-04-05
Vendor Escalation, Process Politicalization, and What Needs to Happen Next
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-04-06
OOXML irregularities in Norway
- Tobias Brox and Geir Isene, EFN Wiki
-
2008-04-07
Open source the biggest potential game changer for government: Senator Lundy
- Sarah Stokely, iTnews Australia
-
2008-04-07
Standards to the People! (Updated Twice)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-04-07
The ugliness of it all
- Charles-H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
-
2008-04-08
BE, NL: governments will not use ISO OOXML
- IDABC
-
2008-04-08
What's up, doc? Sinking standards
- Graeme Philipson, The Sydney Morning Herald
-
2008-04-08
DE: German Foreign Ministry will not use ISO OOXML
- IDABC
-
2008-04-08
OOXML standardization
- BSI FAQ on OOXML Vote
-
2008-04-08
UKUUG seeks legal advice on BSI's OOXML decision
- UK Unix and Open Systems User Group
-
2008-04-08
Introducing OpenDocument
- Uche Ogbuji, IBM Developer Works
-
2008-04-09
ThinkFree on why it isn't supporting ODF despite wanting to: Microsoft
- ThinkFree Blog [See comments]
-
2008-04-09
OOXML demonstration in Oslo: The speech
- Geir Isene, Straight talk on IT
-
2008-04-09
NSW education downgrades Microsoft deal; Department installs OpenOffice, opts for XP over Vista
- Agnes King Sydney, ComputerWorld
-
2008-04-09
Computer experts stage street protest in Oslo against Microsoft document format as standard
- International Herald Tribune
-
2008-04-09
OOXML Rally
- AndyArmstrong
[Photos from the Oslo protest]
-
2008-04-09
Driven to Extremes
- Simon Phipps, SunMink
-
2008-04-09
ISO takes full control - SC34 now moving forward on maintenance and evolution of Open XML
- Brian Jones, Microsoft
-
2008-04-09
ODF is now a Brazilian Standard: NBR ISO/IEC 26300 !!!
- void life(void)
-
2008-04-10
Member of EU Parliament asks if Microsoft should be excluded from public procurement
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-11
At the Texas Hearing on Electronic Documents
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-04-14
Alex Brown: OOXML is like a baroque castle with secret passages and crumbling towers
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-15
ISO puts out a face-saving (it hopes) FAQ
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-15
ISO Fantasy
- Tim Bray, ongoing
-
2008-04-15
ISO Ill at Ease Over OOXML
- Glyn Moody, Computerworld UK
-
2008-04-16
Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?
- Leif Lodahl, Lodahl's Blog
-
2008-04-16
How Microsoft Will Play the ISO Card
- Glyn Moody, Computerworld UK
-
2008-04-16
Computer professionals hold candlelight vigil against proprietary software
- Deepa Kurup, The Hindu
-
2008-04-17
Protest in front of Town Hall for Document Freedom
- Hari Prasad Nadig
-
2008-04-17
What is Wrong with RAND?
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-17
New Report Critical of ECMA's role in Standardisation of OOXML
- Open Forum Europe
-
2008-04-18
Sinclair's Syndrome
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-04-18
New OOXML Scandal - A Leaked Email Surfaces in France
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-18
The Norway Vote - What really happened
- Steve Pepper, Topic Maps and All That
-
2008-04-18
A Genuine Microsoft mistake
- Ed Foster, The Gripe Line
-
2008-04-18
ISO and IEEE Strengthen Partnership for Development of International Standards
- ANSI News
-
2008-04-18
Critics brand OOXML a Microsoft 'marketing tool'
- Tom Espiner, ZDNet.co.uk
-
2008-04-18
Microsoft to kill Hotmail access via Outlook Express
- Emil Protalinski, ars technica
-
2008-04-19
The AFNOR Affair: Interview with Frédéric Couchet, Ex. Dir. APRIL, on OOXML in France
- Sean Daly, Groklaw
-
2008-04-20
Reasonable and not non-discriminatory
- Digital Majority
-
2008-04-20
Interview with NOiV's Maarten Wijnen-Meijer on Study on Gov't Acquisition of OS Software - Pick Your Brains
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-21
Microsoft Denies Threatening to Withdraw Funding
- Rebecca Wanjiku, PCWorld
-
2008-04-21
South Africa adopts ODF as a national standard
- Alastair Otter, Tectonic
-
2008-04-21
Microsoft Office 2007 Fails OOXML Conformance Tests, Alex Brown Admits, Hopes For the Best
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-04-22
Irish FOI request re: OOXML [PDF]
- IFSO.ie
-
2008-04-24
Eurocrats study Microsoft OOXML under procurement rules
- Mark Ballard, The Inquirer
-
2008-04-24
Europe's not finished with Microsoft
- Richard Hillesley, ITPro
-
2008-04-24
Geneva schools completely switch to Open Source
- IDABC EU eGovernment Services
-
2008-04-25
A Standards Quality Case Study: W3C
- Arnaud Le Hors, Arnaud's Open blog
-
2008-04-26
EuroOffice
- opendocument.xml.org
-
2008-04-28
Should We Boycott Microsoft? Can We?
- Glyn Moody, Linux Journal
-
2008-04-29
An Open Letter to LITD15 committee of BIS
- Venkatesh Hariharan, Open Source India
-
2008-04-29
Patrick Durusau still doesn't get it
- subnetmask255x4
-
2008-04-30
Embrace the Reality and Logic of Choice
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
May
-
2008-05-01
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
- David Meyer, ZDNet UK
-
2008-05-02
ODF Validation for Dummies
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-05-04
Release the OOXML final DIS text now !
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-05-05
"Die Partei hat immer Recht"; Open Standards, OOXML
- Charles-H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
-
2008-05-06
Behind or ahead
- Leif Lodahl, Lodahl's blog
-
2008-05-08
OUT NOW!! - The first public version of ODFDOM..
- Svante Schubert, GullFOSS
-
2008-05-08
KOffice 2.0 Alpha 7 Released
- Inge Wallin, KDE Dot News
-
2008-05-10
Debian GNU/Linux SuiteTelecentro: millions of users for the digital society every year
- Andre Felipe Machado, Tech Force - Linux Blog
-
2008-05-12
Becta refers its interoperability complaint to the European Commission
- Becta
-
2008-05-13
Introducing The Hague Declaration
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-05-13
Britain complains to EU about Microsoft file system
- Aoife White, The Associated Press
-
2008-05-13
Agency says Microsoft hurts student interests
- David Lawsky, Reuters
-
2008-05-14
CIO Exclusive: Behind the RGI Scandal: a Letter
- Bertrand Lemaire, CIO Online [in French]
-
2008-05-15
Municipal of Aarhus post a complaint to DS
- Leif Lodahl, Lodahl's blog
-
2008-05-15
Where's the final OOXML specification?
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
-
2008-05-15
NL: Administrative Court publishes automatic document conversion tool
- IDABC
-
2008-05-16
Please Welcome Digistan
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-05-16
Reaction from Parliament ...
- Leif Lodahl, Lodahl's blog
-
2008-05-16
Linux desktop ready for corporate users
- Muggie van Staden, ITWeb
-
2008-05-18
Danish Delegate Disputes OOXML Standard Vote
- Mads Elkaer, Computerworld Danmark
-
2008-05-19
YEARFRAC Incompatibilities between Excel 2007 and OOXML (OXML)
- David A. Wheeler, David A. Wheeler's Blog
-
2008-05-19
Fractured YEARFRAC and Discounted DISC
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
-
2008-05-20
DIS 29500: some personal reminiscences
- Alex Brown, convenor of the OOXML BRM
-
2008-05-20
"A Strategy for Openness: Enhancing E-Records Access in New York State"
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-05-21
Microsoft tried to be Open but failed. Miserably.
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2008-05-21
Alex Brown and the lost scroll of OOXML
- Charles-H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
-
2008-05-21
Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Press Release
-
2008-05-21
Office 2007 won't support ISO's OOXML
- David Worthington, SD Times On The Web
-
2008-05-21
Microsoft to make Office open to ODF format
- Kevin J. O'Brien, International Herald Tribune
-
2008-05-21
Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year
- Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
-
2008-05-21
Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - and not OOXML
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-05-21
Force Microsoft to Support ODF, Group Asks EC
- Alex Woodie, IT Jungle
-
2008-05-21
ODF Wins the Office Document Format War?
- Neil McAllister, PC World
-
2008-05-21
My take on why Microsoft finally decided to support ODF
- Arnaud Le Hors, Arnaud's Open blog
-
2008-05-22
EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap
- Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet
-
2008-05-22
Microsoft Supporting ODF? -- Close, But No Cigar
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-05-23
South Africa Appeals OOXML Adoption
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-05-23
The South Africa Bureau of Standards submits an official appeal to ISO and IEC against OOXML
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2008-05-23
Support South Africa's appeal against OOXML!
- Steve Pepper, Topic Maps and All That
-
2008-05-23
South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo Now - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-05-23
Microsoft OOXML: Dead Format Walking
- Jason Brooks, eWeek
-
2008-05-24
The Embrace, Extend, Extinguish of ODF Begins? - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-05-24
South Africa appeals ISO vote on OOXML format
- Peter Sayer, ComputerWorld
-
2008-05-27
FAQ: Office 14 and Microsoft's support for ODF
- Eric Lai, Computerworld
-
2008-05-27
DK: Committee appointed to evaluate impact of Open Standards
- IDABC (European Commission)
-
2008-05-27
The Fall of Microsoft Office
- Anders Bylund, Motley Fool
-
2008-05-28
OpenXML: The Brazilian appeal and the appeal of a Brazilian
- void life(void)
-
2008-05-28
IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads over standards
- Leslie D`Monte, Business Standard
-
2008-05-28
The Shuttleworth Foundation Supports South Africa's Appeal Against OOXML
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-05-29
Now There are Two: Brazil Appeals OOXML Adoption
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-05-29
Brazil Appeals OOXML Too! Asks Approval Be Reconsidered - Update: India Files Too
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-05-29
On Karl Popper & rubberstamps
- Charles-H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
-
2008-05-30
Make that Three: India Appeals Adoption of OOXML
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
-
2008-05-30
How Microsoft lost the office file format battle
- Neil McAllister, Computerworld
-
2008-05-30
Official Danish complaint to ISO
- Leif Lodahl, Lodahl's Blog
-
2008-05-31
Now an OOXML Protest from Denmark's OSL - Updated 2Xs
- PJ, Groklaw
June
-
2008-06-01
A Memo to Patrick Durusau
- ditesh, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2008-06-02
A Reminder: ISO's Code of Ethics & What Happens Next
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-06-02
Kenya standards bureau tackles IT
- Rebecca Wanjiku, The Industry Standard
-
2008-06-02
Brazil and India lodge appeal against ISO standardisation of OOXML
- Stefan Krempl, heise online
-
2008-06-03
Microsoft Taps Legal Czar Amid EU, OOXML Woes
- Stuart J. Johnston, InternetNews
-
2008-06-03
IBM Lotus Symphony Turns 1.0
- ebizQ
-
2008-06-03
"Polish Walmart" selling laptops with OpenOffice.org pre-installed
- Erwin Tenhumberg, Erwin's StarOffice Tango
-
2008-06-03
Appealing ISO/IEC 29500 [PDF]
- Patrick Durusau
-
2008-06-03
A Memo to Patrick Durusau (Part Deux)
- ditesh, Open Malaysia Blog
-
2008-06-03
An Open Letter on OOXML Happenings in India
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-06-04
90 things that are the same in Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org
- OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas
-
2008-06-05
IBM releases ODF-based Office killer
- Tom Jowitt, TechWorld
-
2008-06-06
Mr. Matusow, South Africa and the Microsoft brainwasher
- Milking the GNU
-
2008-06-06
Four national standards bodies appeal against approval of ISO/IEC DIS 29500
- ISO press release
-
2008-06-07
Eyeballs Needed for ODF
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-06-08
Experts needed for OIIC TC
- Rob Weir, oiic-formation-discuss
-
2008-06-09
Big Names for Govt XML Workshop
- Alastair Otter, Tectonic
-
2008-06-09
MS may let 'outsider' manage India ops
- Business Standard
-
2008-06-10
Being open about standards
- Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition Policy, OpenForum Europe
-
2008-06-10
Microsoft's standards bid stalled
- BBC News
-
2008-06-10
EU's Kroes says further technology antitrust abuse cases pending
- Thomson Financial News, Forbes.com
-
2008-06-10
Neelie Kroes: "Choosing open standards is a very smart business decision"
- PJ, Groklaw
-
2008-06-13
ISO process slammed
- Candice Jones, ITWeb
-
2008-06-13
Document standards row heats up
- Martin Courtney, Computing
-
2008-06-13
Uruguay State University Standardizes on ODF, PDF
- PrensaUniversitaria
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2008-06-18
Microsoft, DOJ issue status report on interoperability compliance
- Dawn Kawamoto, CNET Tech news blog
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2008-06-18
Microsoft answers interoperability concerns [?]
- Andrew Hendry, Computerworld
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2008-06-19
Red Hat Summit panel: Who 'won' OOXML battle?
- Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service, InfoWorld
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2008-06-20
Eurofunding Microsoft?
- Rene Beekman, Sophia Echo
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2008-06-22
Microsoft ODF workshop
- Doug Mahugh, OOIC archives
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2008-06-23
Microsoft: We were naive about standards. No, really!
- Bruce Perens, Technocrat
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2008-06-25
XML Standards Key in Government - Steve Pepper
- Alastair Otter, Tectonic
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2008-06-25
Microsoft delivers Open XML updates for Mac Office but no ODF support
- Stephen Withers, iTWire
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2008-06-25
Microsoft promises to deliver interoperability documents by March 2009
- Matt Asay, CNET
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2008-06-26
How "Ignorant of Standards" was Microsoft Really?
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-06-26
Security Matters: I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch
- Bruce Schneier, Wired
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Get Microsoft vote in perspective, says ISO chief
- Reuters
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2008-06-26
Getting started with KWord Development
- Girish Ramakrishnan, ForwardBias Technologies - Blog
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2008-06-27
LTWC 2008: Chevron GC's Keynote Address
- John Bringardner, Law.com
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2008-06-27
ODF@WWW - How it works
- Kay Ramme, Sun, GullFOSS
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2008-06-27
Microsoft strong-arms sports fans: Olympic Games online coverage only for Vista users
- Joe Darda, Seattle PI
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2008-06-30
OOXML: Everything's Just Fine
- Tim Bray, ongoing
July
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2008-07-01
Prosecutors launch inquest into Government deal with Microsoft
- Alex Bivol, Sofia Echo
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2008-07-01
My new role in Office interoperability
- Doug Mahue, Microsoft
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2008-07-03
EU holds firm on "open standard", US firms go ballistic
- Digistan
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2008-07-03
ODF keeps on winning: Uruguay
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-07-03
It's not the Gates, it's the bars
- Richard Stallman, BBC News
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2008-07-05
BSA plays the IP card against the European Commission
- Matt Asay, Open Road
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2008-07-07
Microsoft says EU court's fine "excessive"
- David Lawsky, Reuters
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2008-07-07
Microsoft to EU Commission: We're Not the Bad Guy; You Are [MS Doc as Text]
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-08
New doubts about ISO's fast-track standardisation of Microsoft OOXML
- Stefan Krempl, Heise Online
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2008-07-08
Microsoft gags UK schools
- Mark Ballard, The Inquirer
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2008-07-09
ISO to TMB: Here Are the Appeals Against OOXML; They Should Be Denied - Updated 2Xs - Responses
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-09
"Plug and Play" Hospitals
Medical devices that exchange data could make hospitals safer.
- Kristina Grifantini, Technology Review
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2008-07-09
OOXML Appeal Synchronicity
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's Weblog
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2008-07-10
Full text of interview of ISO Secretary-General
- ISO
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2008-07-10
ISO: OOXML Appeals 'Should Not Proceed'
- Stuart J. Johnston, InternetNews Realtime IT News
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2008-07-12
The ISO Document: Brazil's Appeal and ISO/IEC's Attachments 1 & 2 - as text
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-14
The ISO Document: India's and Venezuela's Appeals, as text - Updated with comments chart
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-14
ISO/IEC officials allegedly advise rejecting OOXML appeals
- Kurt Mackie, Special to GCN
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2008-07-15
Linux can save us
- Steven J. Vaughan Nichols, ComputerWorld
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2008-07-15
ISO Document: South Africa's Appeal, as text
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-16
Draft European Interoperability Framework v 2.0: Your comments needed
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-07-16
OpenXML: Finally the hidden agenda is emerging
- void life(void)
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2008-07-16
Toy Soldiers
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-07-17
What is Rick smoking?
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-07-18
[NATO adopts ODF]
- NATO website
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2008-07-18
NATO supports ODF open document format
- Stefan Krempl, Heise Online
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2008-07-18
ISO/IEC Recommendations on Appeals & Latest ODF News - Complete document as text
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-18
ISO/IEC and OOXML: The judge, the jury and the hangman
- Venkatesh Hariharan, Open Source India
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2008-07-21
Don't Forget UOF: Here Comes EIOffice 2009 (Updated)
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-07-21
ISO is being challenged
- Arnaud Le Hors, Arnaud's Open blog
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2008-07-22
[Weir Analyzes the OOXML Appeals Process:] Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-07-24
Draft Interoperability and Conformance TC formation proposal (0.2)
- Rob Weir, OIIC-formation-discuss
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2008-07-25
Microsoft Open Specification Promise - Updated July 25, 2008
- Microsoft
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2008-07-25
Microsoft Updates Open Specification Promise to Include GPL/Gives $$ to Apache - Updated 2 Xs
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-07-30
Microsoft: Developer interest fueling OOXML
- Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
[It is not the ISO OOXML].
August
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2008-08-01
Penguins in Tel Aviv? It Must Be the Annual Open-Source Convention
- Reuven Lerner, OStatic
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2008-08-04
The Updated OSP and Free Software Interoperability
- Brendan Scott, Brendan Scott's Weblog
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2008-08-05
The OOXML Appeals: What Next?
- Michael Desmond, Redmond Developer News
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2008-08-05
Guiding principles for Office's ODF implementation
- Doug Mahugh, Microsoft
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2008-08-05
IBM, Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat to Deliver Microsoft-Free Desktops Worldwide
- MarketWatch
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2008-08-06
Qt 4.5 will ship with an ODF writer
- Thomas Zander, Trolltech Labs Blog
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2008-08-06
Three new IBM / Linux partnerships aimed at a 'Microsoft-free' world
- Michael Hatamoto, BetaNews
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2008-08-07
What consensus means
- Arnaud Le Hors, Arnaud's Open blog
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2008-08-08
New OOXML Fiasco: Germany and Canada Propose Microsoft as Editor for ODF-OOXML Convergence
- Roy Schestowitz, Boycott Novell
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2008-08-09
Free Office Suites, Mac and the Enterprise
- John Martellaro, The Mac Observer
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2008-08-13
Poland: Ministry of Education recommends Open Source
- Metamorphosis
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2008-08-13
The entire State of Pahang moves to OpenOffice.org
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-08-13
GeekPAC to fight for information rights
- Lisa Hoover, LWN
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2008-08-14
The State of Kedah moves to OpenOffice.org
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-08-15
Melaka City Council's OSS migration and savings
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia Blog
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2008-08-15
IA Systems announces release of Open Office Integration for Open Text eDOCS
- ITWeb
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2008-08-15
ISO and IEC Reject OOXML Appeals
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-08-15
OOXML Appeals Rejected
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-08-16
Detailed IEC Voting Results on OOXML Appeals
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-08-17
Giving the Finger to the DIS 29500 Appellants
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-08-17
ISO: procedural shortcuts ok, Office OpenXML appeal denied
- Ryan Paul, Ars Technica
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2008-08-18
No Further Appeals on OOXML? What About 11.4?
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-08-25
"23,000 Linux PCs forge education revolution in Philippines"
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-08-25
Proposed Charter for OASIS Open Document Format Interoperability and Conformance (OIC) TC
- Mary McRae, lists.oasis-open.org
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2008-08-25
Malaysia's Sabah State Government moves to OpenOffice.org too.
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-08-25
LHC Fully Documented Online
- kdawson, Slashdot
Physicser writes: "Want to read every single technical detail of the design and construction of the Large Hadron Collider and its six detectors? The whole shebang — seven reports totaling 1600 pages, 115 MB, with contributions from 8000 scientists and engineers — has been published electronically by the Journal of Instrumentation, free to read without a subscription."
Comment by vainov: Isn't it funny that the entire LHC spec is 1.600 pages, while the OOXML documentation, as submitted by Microsoft, is a full 6.000 pages. Does this reflect a difference in complexity, or is it a sign of something else?
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2008-08-30
Consegi Declaration
- Aslam Raffee, Vulindlela - Open the Path
September
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2008-09-01
The CONSEGI 2008 Declaration: Six Nations "Just Say No" to ISO/IEC
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-09-02
OOXML won't be accepted in South America.
- Yoon Kit, Open Malaysia
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2008-09-01
CONSEGI 2008 Declaration -- Open Letter to ISO Reveals More OOXML Issues
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-09-02
Open letter to ISO/IEC from 6 countries on OOXML fiasco
- Bob Sutor, Open Blog
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2008-09-02
ODF approved as Swedish Standard
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2008-09-02
Nations Question ISO's Merit Following Dropped OOXML Appeals
- Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
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2008-09-03
What Do The ISO And The NBA Have In Common?
- David Berlind, InformationWeek
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2008-09-09
ODF Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
- ODF Alliance
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2008-09-10
Participation by the public in international standards development: Opening the black box
- void life(void)
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2008-09-10
Open Document Formats finally default for Yale Law School A2K Conference
- Nnenna Nwakanma, nnenna's blog, Open Source Initiative
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2008-09-21
ODF: Translations and Errata
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-09-22
IBM's New "I.T.Standards Policy" - and a Call for Wider Reform
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-09-23
IBM Announces New Policy on Standards - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2008-09-25
Not a standard debate
- Leslie D'monte, Business Standard
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2008-09-25
Introducing the ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2008-09-26
UK: Government Response to ePetition Asking that ODF Be Used Rather Than OOXML
- Number10.gov.uk
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2008-09-26
Sweden: ODF made national standard
- Metamorphosis
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2008-09-28
ODF * Our work here is done?
- Alex Brown, Alex Brown's Blog
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2008-09-28
Brazil begins using the Open Document Format
- northxsouth
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2008-09-29
Norwegians leave their Standards Body in protest
- <NO>OOXML
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2008-09-30
Important: Want to join the new OASIS ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC?
- PJ, Groklaw
October
November
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2008-11-03
OASIS Members Form Committee to Advance Interoperability and Conformance of OpenDocument Format (ODF) Applications
- OASIS press release
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2008-11-05
ODF Toolkit Union
- Simon Phipps, SunMink
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2008-11-05
IBM Unveils Mac Support, Roadmap For Lotus Symphony
- Antone Gonsalves, Information Week
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2008-11-09
A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)
- Tony Austin, iTWire
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2008-11-16
ODF – OASIS and JTC 1 Get It Together
- Alex Brown
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2008-11-16
My Tinfoil Hat
- Tim Bray, ongoing
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2008-11-17
Computers Of The World, Unite!
- Robert S. Sutor, Forbes
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2008-11-18
Publication of ISO/IEC 29500:2008, Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Office Open XML file formats
- ISO press release
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2008-11-21
Report of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Plenary Meeting held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, 2008-10-01
- ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34
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2008-11-23
13 Ways of Looking at a Flawed Process: JTC1 Recommends Process Reforms
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2008-11-28
Open Standards: The Devil Lives in the Details
- Jomar Silva, void life(void)
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2009-04-04
Answering the Call for Open Source Government
- Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat
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2009-04-08
For the skeptical, the final proof: The OpenXML wasn’t (and isn’t) ready
- Jomar Silva, void life(void)
The document N1101/N1168 contains for example, several items in which they recognize that there are decisions made in the BRM (BRM resolutions) which were not incorporated into the final published text of the standard. [...]
I saved the best for the end: document N1187. This one says that OpenXML "as is" contains unintentional errors that may prevent existing documents to be fully represented in this new format. It is amazing because the legacy support was alleged as the main reason for OpenXML development and approval at ISO, and also the reason why several countries supported the development and approval of the standard. [...]
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2009-04-08
How Open a Platform does "Open Government" Need?
- Andy Updegrove, Standards Blog
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2009-04-09
SC 34 Meetings, Prague, Days 2, 3 & 4
- Alex Brown, Where is there an end of it?
Simply put, the UK is now suggesting the BRM made a mistake here, and things should be rectified so that existing MS Office documents “snap back” into being in conformance with 29500 transitional.
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2009-04-11
Losing data the silent way - ISO8601-dates
- Jesper Lund, A mooh point
In Prague we spent quite some time discussing how to deal with the fact that applications supporting ECMA-376 1st Ed. not necessarily support ISO/IEC 29500:2008 strict as well.
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2009-04-12
Alex Brown: OOXML Revealed "JTC1 Procedures Were Rubbish" -- Sure Enough, Problems Surface
- PJ, Groklaw [Mr. Brown, Doug Mahugh of Microsoft, and Jesper Lund Stocholm participated in the discussion beginning with this article.]
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2009-04-14
Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28
- Mary Jo Foley, All About Microsoft, ZDNet
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2009-04-16
Five Ideas To Get FOSS Into Governments
- Simon Phipps, SunMink
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2009-04-21
ECIS Provides A History of Microsoft's AntiCompetitive Behavior
- PJ, Groklaw
The EC is also investigating Microsoft's actions to manipulate the vote of the International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission on the recent standardization of Office "Open" XML ("OOXML"). As reported widely in the press and on the Internet, Microsoft's manipulation of the standards setting process in favor of OOXML included financial inducements, threats, misleading information, and committee-stuffing. These investigations are compelling examples of Microsoft's continued misconduct related to its monopolies in operating systems and other products.
-- ECIS
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2009-04-27
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Kiosk
- Gray Knowlton, Gray Matter
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2009-04-27
When Would You Use OOXML and When ODF? -- What is OOXML For?
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-04-28
Working with ODF in Word 2007 SP2
- Doug Mahue, Microsoft
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2009-04-28
Readiness is All: Version 3.0 is a Compliance and Compatibility Milestone
- Annerose Hümbert, ODF Converter Team Blog
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2009-04-28
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
- Ina Fried, CNET
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2009-04-28
ODF Alliance Press Release on Microsoft Support for ODF in SP2
- ODF Alliance
May
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2009-05-03
Update on ODF Spreadsheet Interoperability
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2009-05-03
Does MS Office SP2 With ODF Support Really Work? Test Results Point to No
- pj, Groklaw
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2009-05-04
Microsoft support for OpenDocument (ODF)
- Andrew Z, OpenOffice.org Ninja
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2009-05-05
Microsoft Now Attempt to Fragment ODF
- Jomar Silva, void life(void)
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2009-05-06
ODF with no excuse
- Charles H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
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2009-05-06
Rethinking ODF Leadership
- Gray Knowlton, Gray matter
[Gray Knowlton of Microsoft calls for Rob Weir to resign as ODF TC Co-Chair]
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2009-05-07
A follow-up on Excel 2007 SP2's ODF support
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2009-05-07
A Few Facts As Antidote Against Microsoft's anti-ODF FUD Campaign
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-05-13
Tracked Changes
- Doug Mahue, Microsoft
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2009-05-17
OpenOffice.org 3.1 Provides Feature, Performance Boost
- Jason Brooks, eWeek
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2009-05-17
The Battle for ODF Interoperability
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2009-05-19
Microsoft's ODF Support Falls Short
- ODF Alliance press release and
Fact Sheet
[PDF]
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2009-05-19
ODF Alliance Tests Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 ODF Support - Finds Serious Shortcomings
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-05-19
In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability
- Jeremy Allison, Samba
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2009-05-21
Overunderdoing: patterns in Microsoft's interoperability stance
- blog.angulosolido.pt
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2009-05-28
KOffice on version 2.0, extensions, being like Firefox
- Rodney Gedda, IDG News Service
June
July
August
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2009-08-03
A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards
- Glyn Moody, ComputerworldUK
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2009-08-07
A Ballot for Microsoft Office Users In Europe?
- Stuart J. Johnston, InternetNews
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2009-08-07
Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
- Stephen Shankland, CNET News
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2009-08-10
Microsoft still pushing a standards tax
- Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet
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2009-08-12
The ISO/IEC Working Group on OOXML Wants to Unfix the Leap-Year Bug and Related Date-and-Time Problems.
- Norbert Bollow, Adaptux
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2009-08-12
Injunction on Microsoft Word unlikely to halt sales
- Nancy Gohring, Computerworld
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2009-08-12
Microsoft Word Sales Banned In 60 Days
- Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
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2009-08-12
A Patent Ban on Microsoft Word and a Haiku
- Brad Feld, Technology Review
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2009-08-12
The i4i v. Microsoft Orders and Permanent Injunction - Updated
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-08-12
Court Tells Microsoft To Stop Selling Word in U.S.
- Kurt Mackie, ADT
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2009-08-12
Microsoft Ordered to Stop Selling MS Word
- Dennis Crouch, Patently-O
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2009-08-12
Konkurrencestyrelsen anbefaler fortsat brug af alle åbne standarder for kontorsoftware i det offentlige
- ks.dk
[PJ: The Danish Competition Authority ("Konkurrencestyrelsen") has released, in Danish, of course, its report on ODF/OOXML. You can download it if you read Danish or wish to use a computer to translate. A reader has translated a few quotes from Agnete Gersing, manager of the Competition Authority, for us, and considering the recent custom XML patent issue, it's a particularly funny time to release a report like this one. Our translator says, "The report is to be seen as a part of the Danish political process concerning the decision of which formats Denmark should use in the public sector.":
"The competition would not benefit from selecting one of these two standards."
"A choice of ODF would (...) not ensure the necessary interoperability between the office productivity products".
"If one standard is chosen, and this standard turn out not to become the market standard, there is a risk of substantial investment failure." ]
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2009-08-13
Judge Denies Microsoft Bid to Overturn $200M Infringement Verdict -- and Tacks On $90M More
- Ross Todd, Law.com
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2009-08-14
Microsoft Trial Misconduct Cost $40 Million
- Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
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2009-08-16
Microsoft Files Emergency Motion to Stay Execution of Judgment in i4i
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-08-17
Microsoft planned to bury XML developer, says federal judge
- Gregg Keizer, The Industry Standard
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2009-08-17
Federal future cloudy for Microsoft Word
- Brian Robinson, Trudy Walsh, Government Computer News
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2009-08-18
Why didn't Microsoft tell us about i4i's patent litigation during the OOXML standards push? - Update: i4i Opinion as text
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-08-18
Microsoft files notice of appeal against i4i ruling; stipulates waiver of bond, begs for stay
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-08-19
The biblical vengeance of i4i
- Susan Krashinsky, The Globe and Mail
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2009-08-19
Microsoft's Emergency Motion for a Stay Repeats Arguments Already Rejected by District Court
- PJ, Groklaw
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2009-08-20
Interoperability eludes Office and OpenOfffice
- Gavin Clarke, The Register
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2009-08-21
So What About Those XML Patents, Anyway?
- Andy Updegrove, The Standards Blog
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2009-08-21
t minus 50: Microsoft Requests Emergency Stay of Injunctive Relief
- Dennis Crouch, Patently-O
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2009-08-25
Microsoft wins fast-track appeal of Word ban
- Gregg Keizer, ComputerWorld
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2009-08-28
Microsoft v. i4i: Briefing the Appeal
- Patently-O
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2009-08-28
Dell, HP back Microsoft in Word legal battle
- Gregg Keizer, ComputerWorld
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2009-08-30
Letter from AmeriKat: Part 1 (patents)
- IPKat
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2009-08-31
What Do You Want to Know About Microsoft Office?
- Digits, The WSJ
September
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2009-09-03
Dilbert on industry standards
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2009-09-03
Court: Microsoft Can Sell Word During Appeal
- InternetNews
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2009-09-03
Microsoft wins temporary stay, allowing Word sales to continue
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash
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2009-09-03
Appeals court grants Microsoft reprieve in Word case
- Gregg Keizer, ComputerWorld
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2009-09-07
Office online and Windows Mobile: Ballmer's last laugh
- Mary Jo Foley and Gavin Clarke, The Register
[PJ: Mary Jo Foley clearly says on the audio, near the end, that she "found out" that Microsoft already has a patch to remove customXML, ready to launch now. Did Microsoft not just get a stay of the injunction by saying in the emergency motion for a stay that they couldn't possibly fix it in time? And didn't the lower court say he thought they had this patch capability?]
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2009-09-09
Plaintiff in Word case says that Microsoft destroyed its business
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash
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2009-09-11
Report says IBM is switching from Microsoft Office to Lotus Symphony
- The H Open
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2009-09-17
Office viewer for Maemo5 based on KOffice
- Thomas Zander, KDE
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2009-09-15
Microsoft Claims i4i's Evidence is 'Irrelevant'
- Stuart J. Johnston, InternetNews
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2009-09-22
i4i-Microsoft battle over Word coming to a head
- Nick Eaton, Seattlepi
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2009-09-22
Court could restore Word injunction, says i4i
- Gregg Keizer, ComputerWorld
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2009-09-23
Fate of Microsoft Word at issue as court hears arguments
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash
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2009-09-23
Judges Hear Appeal Arguments in Microsoft vs. i4i Case
- Kurt Mackie, Redmond Developer
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2010-10-05
ODF Ingredients
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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2010-10-13
Oracle Demonstrates Continued Support for OpenOffice.org
- Oracle Press Release
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2010-10-18
Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council
- Ryan Paul, ars technica
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2010-10-20
Oracle Reaffirms Commitment to OpenOffice.org
- Geoff Spick, CMS Wire
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2010-10-20
ODF Plugfest: Making office tools interoperable
- Koen Vervloesem, LWN
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2010-10-20
Battling the Hydra: FSFE’s work on Open Standards
- Karsten on Free Software, FSFE Blogs
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2010-10-21
Oracle, OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice
- Dave Neary, Safe as Milk
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2010-10-21
Oracle, OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice
- Rob Weir, comment on Groklaw
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2010-10-22
Leaving the OpenOffice.org project
- Charles-H. Schulz, Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards
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2010-10-24
[marketing] Wind of Change
- Florian Effenberger, OpenOffice.org
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2010-10-26
Oracle OpenOffice.org vs. TDF LibreOffice
- Susan Linton, Linux Journal
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2010-10-27
TDF/Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
- The Document Foundation
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2010-10-28
- Natalya Krainova, The Moscow Times
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2010-10-28
ODF Plugfest — Brussels
- Rob Weir, An Antic Disposition
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