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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 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 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 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 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 March 31, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Is OOXML a Done Deal? Some Microsoft opponents admit OOXML will probably become an ISO standard.
InternetNews March 27, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Czechs Support OOXML - Will Others? Clock is ticking on ISO standards vote and Microsoft is counting.
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 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 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 April 1, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	It's Unofficial: OOXML Wins Microsoft says it has learned the results of ISO ballot changes and declares itself the winner.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 January 17, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	GPL 3 Draft Released A draft of GNU GPL version 3 is now publicly available for comment and discussion.
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 May 24, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Aims for 'Identity Metasystem' Microsoft sponsors open source projects to help link the Web's identity infrastructure, makes ID specification free.
InternetNews October 25, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft's 'Viridian' Gets Open Spec Promise Microsoft will make the APIs for writing to its Windows Server 2008 hypervisor freely usable under its Open Specification Promise.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 November 30, 2005 Jim Wagner	Work Set to Begin on GPL 3 The Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom Law Center released a process definition document this week, outlining the course they will take to shepherd work on General Public License v3.
InternetNews July 11, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	IBM Extends Patent Pledge IBM has added over 150 key standards specifications and protocol implementations to its list of items it's willing to share in an effort to make software more interoperable.
InternetNews October 17, 2006 Michael Hickins	Microsoft Opens Virtual Hard Disk Code Microsoft is hoping to woo developers to its side of the virtualization battle.
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 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 January 23, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	GPL Awaits Test in SCO Group/IBM Dispute Is the GNU General Public License unconstitutional?
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 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 September 7, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Work on Next GPL Version Under Way Love it or hate it, the General Public License is the cornerstone of the Free Software Movement and the guiding license of Linux and Open Source software.
InternetNews December 21, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Are You Violating BusyBox's GPL Code? With four legal suits filed already by the Software Freedom Law Center for alleged copyright infringement, enterprises should take care to make sure they don't get added to the defendants list.
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 May 31, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Last Call For GPLv3 The last draft for GPL version 3 is issued as Richard Stallman argues for developers to adopt the new license.
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	GPL Draft Has Microsoft/Novell Deal in Mind A lawyer involved in the next version of the open source license lays bare the terms in the latest draft, including the recent patent covenant between Microsoft and Novell.
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.