See Office Open XML and Office 2007.
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- Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org
- re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Zoho's Next Big Thing
- Moving the Point of AssemblyKudos to Zoho. Their efforts remind me of the early days of the Microsoft Productivity Environment where core MSOffice editors expanded their reach through DDE, OLE, rich copy/paste, data binding, merged content and data, VBA scripting and the infamous recorder, and a developer API that...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Microsoft delivers a partial preview of its Office Web Apps
- Disabled bits does not a TECHNICAL PREVIEW make.Hmm, technical preview is for... People coders that want to be ready for the released product or as near to it as is possible. Having half the bits functions disabled or not available in a tech preview makes it, ummm, useless.obvioulsy notdont...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- MSFT appeals judge's block of Word
- It is hard to be sympathetic...... to a company that a wilfully infringed the patent in the first place, and b is more than happy to rattle the same software patent sabre at other companies when it's in its own interests to do so.Letting MS off the hook would basically...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Word ban threatens industry? Not mine
- Case in TexasIs an example of idiotic patent litigation. The case shouldn't even exist.-MChris, you need to get out of your bubble moreIt is very likely that the patent in question is also violated in other office suites that use XML.The issue isn't whether you can smugly say that you...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction
- Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- Microsoft takes sharper aim at business users with two new Mac Office releases
- Does this hurt Win7 for business?If MS makes a great Office Suite product for OSX, doesn't this make the arguement for using Win7 in enterprise less important? It's one less obstacle for businesses to overcome, no? OSX still does not provide the level ofgranular control that many enterprise...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word
- Well...It's kind of odd/fun/amusing that Microsoft after doing its big OOXML song and dance is being hoist on its own petard by a patent on custom XML.I do wonder if Microsoft in stumping up OOXML did much at all in the way of diligence with regard to patents on custom...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
- counter productiveIsn't XML meant to provide a standard format for storing and transferring data? This lawsuit will just make other companies more cautious about using XML which will basically negate any attempt to make XML a standard. In my opinion, i4i never should have received a patent on...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Microsoft still pushing a standards tax
- You make an assumption that is not true"If a standard includes ?IP restrictions? of any sort, especially royalties no matter how reasonable or necessary you consider them you?re imposing a tax on all users for your invention."Excuse me? Take for example Flash. Do they not license On2's proprietary "IP restricted"...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- HTML 5 drops open-source video codec
- HTML 5 drops open-source video codec Codec sillinessHas anybody even considered On2's VP6 codec? It practically "runs the web" as far as progressive video playback is concerned. VP6 is, if you don't know already, the primary codec that Flash uses.Video for EverybodyHere is a link to a good...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability
- In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one. ODF is a...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Microsoft backs document-format test tool
- Microsoft backs document-format test toolGreat ArticleThis is a really positive step for Microsoft.Finally, the Open XML-ODF Translator has been improved.You mean there's actually a chance it might work now? Somehow I doubt it. If Microsoft is "in competition with" ODF then it's in their best interest (as in...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in Excel
- Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in ExcelSo let me get this straightMicrosoft is finally following standards and everyone is all pissed off because the standards are incomplete and ambiguous?Wow, talk about damned if you do, damed if you don't.RE: Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in ExcelAnd if everyone...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Tech giants form open cloud standards group
- Tech giants form open cloud standards group And "they" are there to OOXML the whole thing.Have no doubt.Complaints about their anti-competitive behaviour within 12 months. Guaranteed.Cloud Computing is NOT Safe!!!!!!!!!!!Just another venue for criminals to steal our information, corporations to outsource our data to countries who could give a crap...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- The Linux laptops of 2009
- The Linux laptops of 2009Familiaraity breaks down with cellphones...Thats why I found it interesting to see this article mention cellphones. In additions Shuttleworth recently said something very similar to the point I have been making for a while about smartphones.People don't care what their smartphone OS looks like. Theres no...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-04
- Texas Democrats push ODF standard
- Texas Democrats push ODF standardMS view is anti-competitive when using an open standard Bet they would not say that if the bill supported their format.the bill is supported by smart TexansTexas gave us some of the best people in the nation.It is no surprise that astute people from there see...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- Altova MissionKit for Software Architect 2009 (Windows)
- The Altova MissionKit 2009 for Enterprise Software Architects is an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools from the developers of XMLSpy. It delivers eight tools for less than the price of two! The Altova MissionKit for Enterprise Software Architects includes Enterprise Editions of Altova XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel,...
- Software downloads 2009-03-16
- Altova MissionKit for Enterprise XML Developers 2009 (Windows)
- The Altova MissionKit 2009 for Enterprise XML Developers is an integrated suite of XML development and data integration tools from the developers of XMLSpy. Get six leading XML tools for less than the price of two! The MissionKit for Enterprise XML Developers includes Enterprise Editions of XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, and...
- Software downloads 2009-03-16
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