Open XML trumps ODF in document format fight, consulting firm says
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| Midvale, Utah-based Burton Group said that the report was neither
| commissioned nor paid for by Microsoft. However, Burton analyst Peter
| O'Kelly, one of the report's co-authors, is scheduled to make a presentation
| at an Open XML press briefing that Microsoft plans to hold in the Seattle
| area on Wednesday. Also speaking will be multiple Microsoft executives
| involved in the Open XML standards-ratification effort.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9057235
Burton also did that anti-Google Apps study a few months back ("Google will
ruin you career, Office won't"). For OOXML, Microsoft has already done the
tango with IDC (Microsoft-commissioned even). Shills in suits abound! CompTIA
too. Any shill (analyst/lobbying arm/struggling company like Novell) Microsoft
can use, it uses.
Related:
IDC [Microsoft-commissioned] report on Open Document Standards
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| This study is a fact-based analysis of the emerging open document
| standards, Open XML and ODF.
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http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2006/11/27/IDC_Open_Document_Standards.aspx
Shill season
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| It's often difficult to figure out the motivation behind a particular
| study - until one finds out who has commissioned and paid for it.
| The so-called tech consulting companies would love it if the consumer
| believes that they have conducted an "independent" study. The worrying
| thing is that not many people blow their cover.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8109/1090/
Industry body [Microsoft lobbying arm] to push OOXML in Philippines
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| Microsoft and industry body Computing Technology Industry Association
| (CompTIA) have teamed up to drive the adoption of Office Open XML in the
| Philippines.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62034394,00.htm
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