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Document doldrums for Microsoft
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| Kuscus also said that ISO standards are meant to be resolved by consensus
| wherever possible but that at the ballot resolution meeting only 67 of 1027
| issues raised around the standard were discussed, which undermined possible
| consensus.
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| The third objection is that despite obligation to publish a final version of
| the standard within a month of the meeting it is almost two months since the
| ballot resolution meeting and no standard has been published, suggesting the
| OOXML format is indeed too complicated.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/3908.html
Frankly Speaking: 'Office' politics and the XML file format fight
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| OK, try to follow this: Microsoft has spent the past two years slamming its
| Open XML file format through the process to make it an international
| standard. Along the way, there's been arm-twisting, committee-packing,
| bribery and other chicanery. But by last week, Microsoft was one step away
| from success.
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| And that's when Microsoft adopted a competing standard.
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| Sound crazy? Sure -- until you learn that Microsoft's own products don't
| actually conform to the standard that Microsoft has been twisting arms to
| pass. And that the competing standard, the OpenDocument format (ODF), will
| actually be easier to add to Microsoft Office than Open XML would be.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=it_in_government&articleId=319303&taxonomyId=69&intsrc=kc_feat
http://tinyurl.com/634yqg
That "bribery," as even Computer World calls it, will bring heavy fines.
Recent:
South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo Now
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| I wonder if this is why Microsoft suddenly decided to support ODF, to avoid
| being shut out completely pending the appeal. Might other national bodies be
| considering doing the same thing? Stay tuned.
|
| [...]
|
| So. OOXML is not currently an official standard? I think that is what this
| means. It will take months, at least, I believe, to resolve this. So, to me
| the ODF support announcement by Microsoft yesterday suddenly makes sense. I
| wrote a bit about the appeal process here, if you want to review it. In the
| immortal words of Yogi Berra, it ain't over till it's over.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080523130503456
Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
Is Microsoft Aura Fading?
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| Yesterday's early relief rally reversed, and Microsoft's value has now fallen
| by more than $30 billion since it unveiled its bid for Yahoo on February 1.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121004447596669953.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Microsoft stock drops amid slumping sales
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| Microsoft Corp., whose Windows software dominates the personal-computer
| market, fell 6.2 percent Fridayin Nasdaq trading after sales slumped, casting
| doubt on whether PC demand can hold up in a slowing economy. The software
| maker reported a 24 percent drop in sales of Windows last quarter and
| forecast earnings that may miss analysts' estimates.
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| [...]
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| "The risk is that Linux gets a foothold and then affects their long-term
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| revenue significantly."
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http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_9061263
Vista Blues Weakens Microsoft's Influence On Software Market
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| That was evident in how Microsoft's client division third-quarter sales,
| which includes the XP and Vista operating system, fell 24% compared with the
| year earlier period. Although the decline was expected because of a one-off
| revenue gain of around $1.6 billion in the year-earlier quarter, client
| revenues were lower than analysts expected.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200805071423DOWJONESDJONLINE000951_FORTUNE5.htm
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