The standards body that is pushing Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document format for approval as an ISO standard published a 2,300-page document on Monday addressing complaints and suggestions ...

A group of vendors led by Microsoft and aimed at fostering interoperability between different document formats has unveiled several tools to help people translate among documents created in Open XML ...

The OpenDocument Format (ODF) remains “more of an anti-Microsoft political statement than an objective technology selection” by users, according to a report released Monday by analysts at Burton Group ...

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...

An esoteric but key U.S. technical standards committee decided last week not to endorse Microsoft‘s Office Open XML document specification, increasing the odds that the U.S. will vote against ...

It may seem to have started in Massachusetts, but the ideal behind the industrywide clamoring for open document formats isn’t just an isolated government crusade. A full-scale rebellion against ...

Microsoft Corp. has won approval for its Offfice Open XML document format from international standards body ECMA International. ECMA’s General Assembly voted by 20-1 in favor of the standard at a ...

FRANKFURT, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Microsoft has lost a vote to have its Office Open XML document format approved as an international standard, dashing the company's hopes of wider adoption of the standard ...