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 by any ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft Corp. claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

Developers funded by Microsoft delivered on Friday the first phase of an open source tool designed to translate between the default Office 2007 file type and a competing open source document format.

Facing headlines such as "Use MS Office On A Mac? You're About To Get Screwed," Microsoft's Mac development team accused some bloggers of trying more to "inflame than inform," and reiterated the ...

Company says customers and concerns about interoperability drive its continued work to standardize its open file format, a rival to ODF Rather than stacking the vote, Microsoft simply wanted to allow ...

France has voted against adoption of Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document format as an international standard, while Australia has decided to abstain. Microsoft offered its Open XML ...

Massachusetts was an early pioneer in the unofficial Escape From Microsoft movement, and has been vocal about its intention to move to open standards. In 2005, Massachusetts began embracing the ...

In context: OpenDocument is an ISO standardized format for saving word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics using ZIP compression and XML metadata. ODF is the native file ...