Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun. Earlier this ...

Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun Microsystems ...

Is Microsoft’s Open XML document standard “so complex and so geared towards compatibility with legacy Office compatibility that it could never be implemented as a fully functional file format ...

The Ecma International standards body has completed a 2,300-page document with responses to comments about its proposal to have Microsoft's Office Open XML file format accepted by ISO.

Microsoft is hustling to get its Office Open XML standard accepted and in place before the rival OpenDocument Format standard becomes widespread.

Open XML now joins HTML, PDF and ODF as ISO- and IEC-recognized open document format standards. "With 86 percent of voting national bodies supporting ratification, there is overwhelming support for ...

Burton Group, in a report that it said wasn't commissioned or funded by Microsoft, recommends that users adopt Microsoft's Open XML file format instead of the rival ODF one.

Though the update boasts some impressive new Mac-only functionality, a pleasingly revised interface, and all-important compatibility with Open XML documents (generated by Office 2007 for Windows ...