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04/01/2008, 4:40pm, EDT
Tuesday, April 1st
Microsoft wins Open XML document certification
Microsoft's Office Open XML open format for electronic documents has been voted in as a global industry standard by the ISO and IEC, the software company said on Tuesday. The decision, to be officially announced on Wednesday, has been over 14 months in the making. Last September, the standardization was rejected as the format did not receive the required two-thirds of votes from participating national body members of the ISO, but a second ballot that closed on Saturday netted a 75 percent majority in favor.
The argument against certification centers around the existence of the ISO-approved Open Document Format (ODF), with critics saying more than one standard is redundant. Also, the existing ODF standard is considered more universal and is supported by open productivity suites such as OpenOffice.
With the international ratification of OOXML, Microsoft is believed to have an easier time winning government contracts and having developers create new software. Open XML formats allow reporting of information from other applications and systems without having to translate them first. Open XML now joins HTML, PDF and ODF as recognized open document format standards.
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221101 04/01, 5:13pm, EDT
Ho hum...
I wonder what it was that changed their minds. Or should I say how much...
posted by chrissyboy
221102 04/01, 5:14pm, EDT
Bribery ...
... will get you everywhere. At least for a while.
posted by chas_m
221113 04/01, 5:46pm, EDT
open?
there's nothing open about ms
posted by mymacluvsme
221117 04/01, 5:59pm, EDT
i still can't
open their Office Open XML document correctly with even Microsoft's own Office suite.
Seems like the cart is squarely before the 3 week old puppy.
posted by Flying Meat
221125 04/01, 6:40pm, EDT
Re: I still can't
Well, now that it is a standard, it should be no time at all for various places to make conversion software for their document formats.
Come on, you can't expect MS to be able to do all the work! They're a small company just trying to stay afloat. And without that increase of H1-B visas, they have no slaves...erm....workers.
posted by testudo
221137 04/01, 10:36pm, EDT
still have patents
But they still have patents so they will sue you for using it if you're product is a competitor.
posted by bhuot
221161 04/02, 11:17am, EDT
Re: still have patents
A lot of certified standard stuff has patents on it, like that AAC audio you get out of itunes.
Who knows who'll be suing whom for anything?
posted by testudo
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