Microsoft Addressing 3,500 Open XML Issues (WebProNews)
Microsoft?s battle to get Open XML approved as an international standard continues, with them working their asses off to clear three thousand, five hundred twenty two comments from international voting members. The members of Ecma have addressed their concerns, and if Microsoft wants their votes, they have to address those concerns. Microsoft?s Brian Jones, who is Microsoft?s sole Ecma …

November 25, 2007 @ 10:21 AM · Filed under Uncategorized
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GNOME Foundation defends OOXML involvement (NewsForge)
The GNOME Foundation has issued a statement in response to recent accusations that it has been supporting the acceptance of Microsoft’s Office Open XML format (OOXML) as an ECMA standard at the expense of the Open Document Format (ODF), the open standard used by OpenOffice.org, KOffice and other free software office applications. However, whether the statement’s attempt at logical rebuttal will …

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GNOME Foundation Defends OOXML Involvement (Addict 3D)
“The GNOME Foundation has issued a statement in response to recent accusations that it has been supporting the acceptance of Microsoft’s Office Open XML format as an ECMA standard at the expense of the Open Document Format, the open standard used by OpenOffice.org, KOffice and other free software office applications.

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