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Microsoft accused of failure to observe Open XML standards process
http://www.itwriting.com/blog/2424-microsoft-accused-of-failure-to-observe-open-xml-standards-process.html
Alex Brown: "Without action, the entire OOXML project is now surely heading for failure"
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| In reviewing my RSS feed this morning, I
| found this interesting blog entry by Alex
| Brown, titled Microsoft Fails the
| Standards Test. In it, Alex makes a
| number of statements, and reaches a number
| of conclusions, that are likely to startle
| those that followed the ODF-OOXML saga.
| The bottom line? Alex thinks that
| Microsoft has failed to fulfill crucial
| promises upon which the approval of OOXML
| was based. He concludes that unless
| Microsoft reverses course promptly, âthe
| entire OOXML project is now surely heading
| for failure.â
|
| Wow.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20100401074623393
CAFC Won't Rehear Patent Case Of Editing XML
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| One of the more troubling patent rulings
| in the past year involved a Canadian
| company, i4i, that held a patent
| (5,787,449) that appears to broadly (very
| broadly) cover editing a custom XML
| document, separate from the presentation
| layer of a document.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100401/1420508835.shtml
U.S. court rejects Microsoft patent case appeal
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| A federal appeals court denied on Thursday
| Microsoft Corp's request that a full panel
| of judges rehear arguments in its long-
| running patent dispute with a small
| Canadian technology company.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6303KG20100401
Fifth Anniversary of ODF is May 1st
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| Weâll be hitting a significant date next
| month. It was on May 1st, 2005 that Open
| Document Format (ODF) 1.0 was approved by
| OASIS.
|
| I hope we can all take time to reflect on
| far weâve gone, with the specification
| itself, with the quality and diversity of
| implementations and with world-wide
| adoption.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/04/fifth-anniversary-of-odf.html
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