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Ecma confirms Microsoft’s Office Open XML format as standard (TG Daily)
Microsoft has taken the next hurdle on the way to the rollout of its next-generation software package. The approval of Office Open XML (OOXML) as industry standard concludes Microsoft’s often seemingly uncertain way towards a new XML file format and raises questions how the firm will approach the competing Open Document format (ODF).
Microsoft Enlists Intel in Quest to Sanction Open XML Supply Chain Standards
Microsoft is hustling to get its Office Open XML standard accepted and in place before the rival OpenDocument Format standard becomes widespread.
Microsoft Hits Back at Its OpenXML Critics
Microsoft has hit back at critics, including IBM, which voted against approving the companys Office OpenXML format as an Ecma standard, claiming it is nothing more than a vendor-dictated specification that documents proprietary products via XML. Ecma International announced the approval of the new standard Dec. 6 following a meeting of its general assembly and said it will begin the fast track process for adoption of the Office OpenXML formats as an ISO international standard in January 2007