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Microsoft Extends and Clarifies the OSP

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Microsoft's Open Specification Promise (OSP) has been somewhat controversial, which is probably not what the company intended. The OSP is basically a we won't sue you promise to developers who implement software based on any of a variety of Microsoft specifications. Due to longstanding distrust or specific legal issues, some open source developers have viewed the OSP as a threat rather than a promise. As OSCON today, Microsoft tried to lay some of those fears to rest, and also extended the reach of the OSP.


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OOXML: Still Waiting for the End

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We've written before about the strange and dubious story of the adoption of Microsoft's OOXML document formats as an international standard by the ISO. The ISO ratified the standards a few months ago as part of a fast track process that left a number of members of the open source community disquieted, or even disgusted. Now, however, it seems that the game may not be over yet, as several member bodies of the ISO have lodged appeals against the outcome.


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OOXML: Why Is It Bad, and What Can We Do?

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Why is OOXML a bad standard? What does it mean for open source developers? And what, if anything, can menbers of the open source community do, now that OOXML has been adopted by the ISO?

We love to talk about open standards in the computer industry. But how do such standards get created? The story of OOXML, officially accepted as of today by the ISO, is a cautionary tale.


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OStatic Buffer Overflow......

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It's official. The ISO has approved Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) as an international standard, after much controversy--analysis above.....

ZDNet has a good post on Gartner researchers' preview of an upcoming report on open source, which claims that by 2013 Linux deployments won't save the money they do now.....

Zoto, a well-liked photo sharing site with AJAX and social features, has its code base up on Google Code.....


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OOXML ISO Certification Battle Heats Up

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Yesterday the official Google Blog announced to the world that ?Today is Document Freedom Day?. According to Google and the Document Freedom Day website, DFD is about raising awareness about? you guessed it, document freedom.


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Microsoft OOXMLοΎ’s Last Chance for ISO Approval

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Late last month Microsoft received a tentative slap in the face when the ISO\IEC didnοΎ’t approve MicrosoftοΎ’s OOXML (Open Office XML) format as an ISO standard. This came as a bit of a surprise to industry analysts as Microsoft has been lobbying hard to get its Office file format approved.

Late last year the head of the working group handling MicrosoftοΎ’s application at the ISO accused the company of stacking his group and interfering in ISO business.



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