11.18.09
Posted in Europe, IBM, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Standard at 4:41 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary : Amid the fight against open standards, ODF 1.2 is coming and Microsoft is accused of “lying” about OOXML
G LYN Moody has published this additive post about EIF ; check it out.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about what looked like a troubling move away from openness on the part of the European Union. Claims that the leaked European Interoperability Framework …
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10.20.09
Posted in Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Wikipedia at 1:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : OOXML BRM convenor getting down to business
T ake a look …
And on it goes. █ …
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08.16.09
Posted in America, Deals, Europe, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument at 6:03 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary : A variety of new deals put into context
M icrosoft has signed some new deals which deserve a bit of background to be fully understood. We shall start with Minnesota.
“This is not a company that appears to be bothered by ethical boundaries.” –Mike Hatch, Minnesota’s Attorney General Microsoft has “Technical Evangelists” (AstroTurf) in Minnesota …
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08.08.09
Posted in Apple, ISO, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, OpenOffice, Patents, Standard at 4:54 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
[N]ovell and [M]icrosoft lobbied for OOXML
Summary : Weak defense from Microsoft regarding OOXML boobytraps; OpenOffice.org still downloaded heavily
OOXML Patents Surface
T HIS is a tedious topic that we covered yesterday and also earlier this year in:
Patents Roundup: OASIS Takes Stance Against Software Patents, Microsoft Loses Again
XML Patents, Microsoft …
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02.25.09
Posted in Formats, Google, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenOffice, Security at 1:58 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
S EVERAL MONTHS ago we warned that OOXML is not secure . Its dependence on a particular platform and office suite rendered it insecure by design just like those ‘origin’ formats, namely binaries, which it merely shuffled around (reassembled).
It is now official and also confirmed that OOXML files are not just insecure but there are also persistent attacks against new flaws …
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12.30.08
Posted in Microsoft, Open XML at 8:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Anonymity is not fair in Microsoft's age of "technical evangelists"
O NE of the leading forces behind a pseudo-grassroots push for OOXML is a mysterious character known as “hAl”. This character was responsible also for smearing the names of those who spoke truth about OOXML , including myself. We wrote about this character before , but we have just obtained some information about …
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12.21.08
Posted in ECMA, Microsoft, Open XML, Patents at 12:30 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
S EVERAL MONTHS after the unforgettable OOXML corruptions come out some documents which may confirm OOXML to be a discriminatory software patent trap without satisfying clarifications. Here are the details :
Microsoft excludes competitors with OOXML patent license?
ECMA has just published two documents related to the patent licensing of ECMA376v1 and ECMA376v2. Microsoft promises …
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12.06.08
Posted in ISO, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Patents at 7:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
“Microsoft corrupted many members of ISO in order to win approval for its phony ‘open’ document format, OOXML. This was so governments that keep their documents in a Microsoft-only format can pretend that they are using ‘open standards.’ The government of South Africa has filed an appeal against the decision, citing the irregularities in the process.”
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