Andy Updegrove writes "Long-time followers of the ODF-OOXML story will recall that there is a third editable, XML-based document format in the race to create the documentary record of history. That contender is called UOF, for Uniform Office Format, and... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Wed, Jul 23 2008
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| 16 Oct 07 |
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Format Standards Committee "Grinds To a Halt" » slashdot Andy Updegrove writes "Microsoft's OOXML did not get enough votes to be approved the first time around in ISO/IEC — notwithstanding the fact that many countries joined the Document Format and Languages committee in the months before voting closed,... |
| 21 May 08 |
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Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - But Not OOXML » slashdot Andy Updegrove writes "About two hours ago, Microsoft announced that it will update Office 2007 to natively support ODF 1.1, but not to implement its own OOXML format. Not until Office 14 is released (no date given so far for that) will anyone be able to... |
| 05 Dec 07 |
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MICROSOFT drops support for OOXML! » digg "MICROSOFT has announced their surprise decision, that they cease to support OOXML document format (Office Open XML), acknowledging at the same time, that the ANSI-developed & supported TXT format will be a better, universal, solution." Yes this getting... |
| 28 Feb 08 |
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Google to ISO: Say no to OOXML » digg Google has called for ISO member bodies to reject Microsoft's Office Open XML document format during the upcoming voting period. According to Google, OOXML is unnecessary and suffers from technical flaws. |
| 26 Mar 08 |
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ODF Editor Says ODF Loses If OOXML Does » slashdot An anonymous reader writes "The editor of the Open Document Format standard has written a letter (PDF) that strongly supports recognizing Microsoft's OOXML file format as a standard, arguing that if it fails, ODF will suffer. 'As the editor of... |
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