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- How to Open Open-Document (ODF) Files in Microsoft Office
- Users of open-source office suites like Lotus Symphony and OpenOffice know that those programs can open Microsoft Office documents, but what if you're an Office user who needs to open an Open Document Format ODF file? You're outta luck, unless you install the OpenXML/ODF Translator add-ins for Office. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Office 2007 SP2 Improves Performance, Adds OpenDocument Support, Cures Sick Puppies
- Ever wish Outlook would load a little faster? Or that Word and Excel supported the increasingly popular OpenDocument format? Those are just a few of the perks found in Office 2007 Service Pack 2, which is now available for download from Microsoft. (You can also get it by way of...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- IBM Wins Pyrrhic Format Battle Over Microsoft
- By releasing a new service pack for Office that includes support for the open document format ODF, Microsoft appears to be complying with European demands that it play well with others, while putting to rest accusations by IBM that it is still trying to maintain a monopoly over document formats....
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- The Battle Of Microsoft Mirrors The French Revolution
- The intensely personal argument being fought in comments to my post on Microsoft's document format is the same one at the root of every major philosophical argument underlying revolution: it's the fight between radicals who want to wipe the slate clean and start over (Robespierre, the Bolsheviks) and pragmatists who...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- ODF Not Implicated In i4i Suit
- Contrary to several reports, i4i's patent suit against Microsoft's infringing use of "custom XML" won’t affect the Open Document format. The patent that i4i is protecting with its suit is a process for separating content and meta-data in different silos â€" something that Microsoft does with its...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
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- OASIS Launches OpenDocument XML.org; New Web Site Enables Community to Share, Track, and Monitor Information on the OpenDocument Format
- LYON, France -- The OASIS international standards consortium today launched a new web site, OpenDocument XML.org (http://opendocument.xml.org), designed to serve as the official community gathering place and information resource for the OpenDocument Format ODF. An international standard approved by OASIS, ISO and IEC, OpenDocument enables users of varying office products...
- Research articles 2006-09-12
- IBM Fuels Open Standards Adoption in Emerging Economies Through Support for OpenDocument Format
- As governments across the globe and in emerging economies show increasing interest in open-source alternatives to proprietary software, IBM today extended its support of open standards to the desktop. Adding to its broad portfolio of standards-based server software, IBM announced that the upcoming version of the IBM® Workplace Managed ClientTM...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- Association for Competitive Technology Executive to Address State of Massachusetts OpenDocument Format Controversy at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies Boston
- BOSTON -- Q&A Session to Offer Attendees Information on why ACT is Supporting Microsoft's Position Against Standardizing on the OpenDocument Format
- Research articles 2005-11-29
- Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Could Spell Trouble for Open-Source Format
- Microsoft Word was ruled in violation of an XML-related patent by a Texas judge, who ordered Microsoft to stop selling its productivity suite and pay a small Canadian company, i4i, nearly $300 million. However, the lawsuit could also present trouble down the road for XML-based OpenDocument Format, an open-source alternative...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Microsoft Case Not Aimed At Open-Source Community, Say i4i Execs
- Microsoft filed an emergency motion to block a court ruling that would have seen copies of Microsoft Word pulled from store shelves. The chairman and founder of i4i, the small Canadian company that filed the suit against Microsoft for infringing on their XML-related patent, say that while they are very...
- News items 2009-08-17
- Members Approve OpenDocument as OASIS Standard; IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Others Develop Royalty-Free Standard for Office Applications Document Format
- BOSTON -- OASIS, the international e-business standards consortium, today announced that its members have approved the Open Document Format for Office Applications OpenDocument v1.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. OpenDocument provides a royalty-free, XML-based file format that covers features required by text,...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- ISO and IEC Approve OpenDocument OASIS Standard; International Standard Delivers True Data Interoperability for Office Applications
- GENEVA & BOSTON -- The OpenDocument OASIS Standard, a format which enables users of varying office suites to freely exchange documents, has been approved for release as an ISO and IEC International Standard. OpenDocument was balloted through the Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (JTC1) of the International Standards Organization...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- Replace Pricey Microsoft Office with Free OpenOffice 2.4
- Before you spend hundreds of dollars on the latest version of Microsoft Office, consider a less-expensive alternative: OpenOffice, which offers business-caliber word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, and drawing. Because it's open-source software, it doesn't cost a penny. The latest version, 2.4, adds a host of minor fixes...
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- IBM Makes Collaborative Innovation Real With Preview of Next Generation IBM Lotus Notes Client
- During a preview of live product code at the Deutsche Notes User Group DNUG conference, IBM®, today announced that office productivity editors will be included in the next version of Lotus Notes®, when it goes to planned public beta this fall. These lightweight but powerful productivity editors support the XML-based...
- Research articles 2006-05-16
- IBM Helps Disabled Users Get More From Assistive Technology, on More Computer Platforms
- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has developed software interfaces that will make it easier for assistive technologies to provide those with disabilities access to advanced features in software programs -- such as editing functions, hyperlinks, charts and menus. These features can be found in rich browser applications...
- Research articles 2006-12-14
- Members Approve OpenDocument Version 1.1 as OASIS Standard
- Consortium Enhances Accessibility Features of Open Format for Office Applications
- Research articles 2007-02-13
- Microsoft Files Emergency Motion In Word Patent-Infringement Case
- Microsoft has filed a motion to stay a court ruling that could pull Microsoft Word from store shelves within 60 days. A U.S. District Court in East Texas ruled on Aug. 12 that Microsoft had violated an XML-related patent held by a small Canadian company, i4i. In addition to being...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Free software group attacks Windows 7 'sins'
- The Free Software Foundation FSF on Wednesday launched a campaign against Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 7 operating system, calling it "treacherous computing" that stealthily takes away rights from users. At the Web site Windows7Sins.org, the Boston-based FSF lists the seven "sins" that proprietary software such as Windows 7 commits against...
- News items 2009-08-27
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