Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML file format won approval from the Ecma International standards body last week, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma’s vote ...

The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming ...

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

Standards body Ecma International expects to publish the final draft of the Office Open XML file formats specification proposed by Microsoft Corp. as early as Monday, ahead of a formal vote to adopt ...

More specifically, the Geneva-based organization formed a Technical Committee to produce a formal standard of the work that is compatible with Office Open XML formats. That committee will take on ...

Microsoft has posted a message to its Mactopia site making two announcements: the Open XML File Format Converter Update to Office 2004 for Mac will be delayed until June (the second major delay for ...

Nobody has invested more in defeating Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document format than IBM. So why is IBM supporting Open XML in a handful of its products? According to technical documentation ...

Voting Ecma members -- except IBM-- approved the move, according to a Microsoft spokeswoman. Members include Adobe Systems, Avaya, Canon, Toshiba, Intel, Microsoft, Barclays' Capital and other ...

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...

Massachusetts approves Open XML open document format for use alongside Microsoft ODF. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday added Open XML to its list of approved open documents formats. The ...

Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit released three updates for its Mac Office products. Office 2008, Office 2004 and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac are all available from the company’s Web ...

The Commonwealth has been at the forefront of open-document format adoption and for the first time is considering Microsoft-developed technology standardized by Ecma. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ...