05.31.10
Posted in Deception, Formats, Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, Open XML at 7:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary : The latest publicity stunt around Microsoft Outlook and how Microsoft dodges its promises of OOXML compliance
M ICROSOFT is a funny company. It’s not so good at hiding its intention and the result is quite embarrassing sometimes.
Last week Google announced that it had produced an Outlook migration tool (and more than that [ 1 , 2 ]), which isn’t too surprising …
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05.17.10
Posted in ISO, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, Standard at 2:12 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : Crimes aside, the obvious technical pitfalls of OOXML are made more apparent, whereas ODF proves to be future-proof because of its reuse of existing standards
A FEW YEARS after Microsoft corrupted national bodies and corrupted ISO , the convicted monopolist begs for people to forget the past and actually believe that OOXML is a standard.
Not only is OOXML not a …
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04.06.10
Posted in Europe, IBM, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, OpenOffice, Patents, Ubuntu at 6:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : The battle over office suites heats up after the OOXML BRM Convenor openly criticises Microsoft, which he once ushered and helped beyond his authority
B ROWN’S remarks from last week had OOXML’s status seriously hurt [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. It truly blew over and Microsoft has not responded yet, which is rather telling. “Why, good golly, Miss Molly,” wrote Pamela Jones …
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01.11.10
Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, Patents at 11:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : OOXML to behave differently and have a different function depending on where one buys Microsoft Office
M icrosoft is not giving up in the i4i case, but interestingly enough, while Cliff Saran from the UK claims that Microsoft is removing custom tags , ZDNet UK indicates that this removal won’t happen in the UK . Software patents are invalid in the UK and the …
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12.27.09
Posted in Deception, ISO, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Patents, Standard at 9:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : With the ending of the i4i case OOXML should be removed from ISO and cease to be used
T HIS is a subject that we wrote about before , right after it turned out that Microsoft had deliberately lied by saying that OOXML had no patent issues. Microsoft was already struggling against i4i in court [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ], knowing damn well …
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11.27.09
Posted in Europe, Fraud, ISO, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument at 8:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
“[Nicolas] Sarkozy and his family have been vacationing at a lakefront estate in Wolfeboro owned by former Microsoft Corp. executive Michael Appe.”
– MSNBC , 2007
Summary : More analysis of Microsoft’s OOXML shenanigans in France and some updates on the uptake of ODF
A FTER what Microsoft had done in France (with Sarkozy's …
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11.23.09
Posted in Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, Standard at 6:12 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : Another look at Microsoft’s abuse of the law and its relationship to Office 2010, which will not support OOXML
Y ESTERDAY we wrote about Microsoft's abuse in France paying off . Groklaw has highlighted this corresponding page which is suitably titled “François Fillon’s gift to Microsoft” and it states:
The decree validating the General Interoperability …
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11.22.09
Posted in Europe, Fraud, Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, Standard at 7:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : OOXML scandals in France revisited; Microsoft blasted in Denmark over OOXML lies, reveals the Danish press
A S a reminder of what Microsoft did for OOXML in France, see the following older posts:
Guilty Parties in OOXML Fiasco in France Gets Exposed (Updated)
French President Knows Better Than TCs What’s Good for His People (Updated)
ISO Rubber Stamp for …
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