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InternetNews March 31, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Is OOXML a Done Deal? Some Microsoft opponents admit OOXML will probably become an ISO standard.
InternetNews February 29, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	OOXML Meeting Wraps Up -- Who Won? A crucial meeting on the future of Microsoft's OOXML file formats wrapped up Friday, but what actually transpired is still a matter for debate.
InternetNews March 21, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	OOXML Stalemate May Lead to Cliff-Hanger Ending Microsoft officials confirmed that India will not change its vote against approval of OOXML as an ISO standard.
InternetNews March 28, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Last Minute Vote Switching in OOXML Decision Some countries are switching their votes in the wind up of Microsoft's attempt to achieve ISO status for its Office Open XML formats.
InternetNews August 28, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	U.S. Will Vote 'Yes' on OOXML Microsoft will get the U.S.'s vote on its pitch to make Office Open XML an International Organization for Standardization standard.
InternetNews April 2, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Could an Appeal Derail OOXML? Despite a victorious vote count, the OOXML battle may not be over.
InternetNews March 11, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	U.S. Likely to Re-affirm OOXML Vote The committee that advises the U.S. delegation to the International Organization for Standardization, which last fall voted to approve Microsoft's bid to make Office Open XML an ISO standard, has decided not to change its vote to 'disapprove.'
InternetNews September 4, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Office Formats Defeated in First ISO Vote The vote tally over the weekend appears to show Microsoft's Office Open XML formats did not receive enough votes to be approved by ISO.
InternetNews July 20, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Office Open XML Standards Push Not Dead Yet A U.S. body is to vote on a standards status for Microsoft's document formats despite earlier deadlock by a consideration committee.
InternetNews March 27, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Czechs Support OOXML - Will Others? Clock is ticking on ISO standards vote and Microsoft is counting.
InternetNews August 2, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Massachusetts Adopts Office Open XML Despite negative comments, Massachusetts decides that Microsoft's Office formats will share "open" standard status with ODF.
InternetNews January 18, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Defends OOXML In the run up to a final standards determination for its Office Open XML file formats, Microsoft makes its case.
InternetNews April 7, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	EC Investigates OOXML 'Process' Microsoft's ISO win with OOXML falls under the European Commission's magnifying glass.
InternetNews February 8, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	More EC Troubles for Microsoft? The European Commission is reportedly looking into whether Microsoft's standards-setting behavior is anti-competitive.
InternetNews July 17, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	More Trouble for Office OpenXML Microsoft fails to get enough votes to earn a key U.S. recommendation that its Office OpenXML be considered as an ISO standard.
InternetNews February 28, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Closer on 'Office Open' Blessing Microsoft is one step closer to having its Office Open XML format adopted as an international standard in short order.
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Clint Boulton	Microsoft Steps Up With OpenDocument Format Microsoft Corp. today voted to support the addition of the OpenDocument Format 1.0 to the non-exclusive American National Standards list.
InternetNews March 13, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Speeds Toward Office Standard Approval Microsoft is today one step closer to seeing its Office Open XML format anointed as a standard.
InternetNews February 15, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft 'Frees' Office Formats Microsoft places code and specs for its old Office binary file formats under its "no lawsuit" program; begins open source project.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Standard-Bearer Faces Tight Deadline Ecma International has its work cut out if it still hopes to fast-track Microsoft's Open Office XML format.
InternetNews March 13, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Maps Out OOXML Developer Tools Effort continues on the format even as debate continues over whether Office Open XML will become an international standard.
InternetNews April 4, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft's Open Standard in Global Hands Microsoft is one step closer in its bid to having its Office Open XML format anointed by the International Standards Organizations.
InternetNews May 5, 2006 Clint Boulton	Open Documents Get Unanimous Nod The International Standards Organization blessed the OpenDocument Format in a rousing 23-0 vote this week, making the digital document format a worldwide standard.
InternetNews February 25, 2008	Microsoft Gets Another Shot at Open XML Standard Two-thirds majority needed as international delegates meet again on software company's proposal.
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Office Open XML Sparks Standards Fight The Ecma standards organization approved Microsoft's document format, opening the door for certification by ISO, which has already approved a competing standard.
InternetNews February 7, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft's New Standard Stumbles The Open Office XML format that Microsoft has proposed may not get speedy approval from the International Organization for Standardization after all.
InternetNews July 3, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Massachusetts to OK Microsoft OpenXML Formats Massachusetts' Information Technology Division published its proposal mandating the use of open formats for all public documents, and included Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list as well as the OpenDocument Format.
InternetNews April 28, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	BizTalk 2009 Arrives, Office 2007 SP2 Up Next Microsoft's software elves have been busy turning out product updates for release this week.
InternetNews March 14, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Open Source Group: Microsoft 'Promise' Not Enough Leading open source group Software Freedom Law Center says Microsoft's Open Specification Promise has too many loopholes.
InternetNews January 15, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	EC to Microsoft: Assume The Position Microsoft's troubles with the European Commission appear to be far from over.
InternetNews August 7, 2009	A Ballot for Microsoft Office Users In Europe? Office may let users choose to set the default to save files in either ODF or OOXML.
InternetNews March 26, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Open Source Firm Teams With Microsoft While Microsoft waits whether Office 2007 file formats will get an ISO nod, it's making more conciliatory moves towards the open source community.
InternetNews September 10, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	IBM Joins OpenOffice Group, Contributes Code The time may finally be right for OpenOffice to make headway against Microsoft's Office "hegemony," so IBM is adding its weight to the putsch.
InternetNews May 21, 2007 Clint Boulton	Microsoft, China Translate Files in Open Source Microsoft today said it is funding an open source translator project between China's Unified Office Format and the Ecma Open XML file formats.
InternetNews February 2, 2007 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Produces One-Way ODF Translator Microsoft has produced a translator allowing competing word processing programs to read Open XML Word documents.
InternetNews March 3, 2006 Clint Boulton	Tech Rallies Around Open Document Format Several high profile and groups have banded together to show solidarity for the OpenDocument Format, a collection of office document formats to help organizations share digital information.
InternetNews November 13, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Blind to Get Help Reading Word Docs Microsoft is partnering with an international advocacy group to develop a standards-based plug-for translating Word documents into digital audio.
InternetNews December 5, 2005 Clint Boulton	IBM Open to Office Docs IBM will support the Open Document format in its Workplace Managed Client software next year.
Information Today July 7, 2008	PDF Format Becomes ISO Standard This move follows a decision by Adobe Systems, Inc., original developer and copyright owner of the format, to relinquish control to ISO (International Organization for Standardization.
InternetNews July 6, 2006 Clint Boulton	Microsoft Backs Open Document Format Microsoft said it has formed the Open XML Translator project, an initiative to build a bridge between Microsoft's own Office Open XML document format and the ODF.
InternetNews January 14, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Office 14 Starts Alpha Test but When is it Due? Microsoft is giving out few other details - and saying nothing about schedules - but the next version of Office is on the way.
Information Today November 28, 2005 Richard W. Wiggins	British Library and Others Join Microsoft in Document Standards Effort Seeking to promote digital preservation of documents composed in Microsoft Office formats, the British Library and a number of other enterprises have joined Microsoft's effort to define a new standard for Office Open XML.
InternetNews January 27, 2004 Alexander Wolfe	Linux Aims For ISO Status Adding C++ and Fortran support to its code base, Linux could go where Windows never has and achieve status as a worldwide standard.
InternetNews September 28, 2004 Michael Singer	Open Office XML May Satisfy ISO A letter to Sun Microsystems' COO Jonathan Schwartz by the European Commission this week may set the stage for the International Organization for Standardization to adopt the Open Office XML format as an ISO standard.
InternetNews April 15, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Office 2007 SP2 Nears With ODF Support Microsoft is readying Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 for an April 28 release. It will bake in compatibility with OpenDocument Format files as promised.
InternetNews December 19, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Goodbye, Mr. Gates, Hello Vista Woes Despite the troubles with Vista, Microsoft noted some remarkable milestones in 2008.
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Clint Boulton	Open Docs Faithful Tell Microsoft to Cut The FUD Microsoft's pledge to provide open-source plug-ins that form a bridge between the Open Document Format (ODF) and its own Open XML format caused a stir among standards experts from companies that back ODF.
InternetNews April 10, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	EU Parliament Member Wants to Ban Microsoft Bids Does the European Union have it out for Microsoft?
InternetNews March 5, 2007 Michael Hickins	Novell: Word, Meet Open Source Novell has produced a translator, available for download on its site, that allows users of OpenOffice, Novell's version of ODF, to read and edit documents produced using Microsoft Word 2007.
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