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Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software
an interesting perspective on the Microsoft Office file format complexity question
joelspolsky  file  formats  interoperability  microsoft  office  ooxml  odf  reverse-engineering  specifications  standards 
february 2008 by sogrady
Microsoft admits Office 2003 'mistake' | Tech News on ZDNet
"Microsoft updated the advisory on Friday evening and included links to four downloadable updates that would unblock the file formats. One update was provided for each of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and CorelDraw file types." - good news
microsoft  file  formats  security  blocking  interoperability 
january 2008 by sogrady
Interview: Why Warner Went Full Throttle With Blu-ray
"Home entertainment president Kevin Tsujihara told us that what was "somewhat troubling" is the "impact consumer confusion was starting to have...Consumers were saying 'Hey, I might was well wait.'" - i'm shocked. wait, no. what's the opposite of shocked?
blu-ray  hd-dvd  hd  dvd  formats  gizmodo 
january 2008 by sogrady
ConsortiumInfo.org - At a Loss for Words
note to self: i need a briefing on the "blocking file formats" thing when i get back. like Andy, i'm perplexed
andyupdegrove  microsoft  office  file  formats  compatibility  interoperability 
january 2008 by sogrady
Matusow's Blog : Independent Implementations of Open XML
Jason's right, the comments attached to this post - including those from Andy Updegrove - are very educational. read them all, whether you come down on the OOXML or ODF side of the fence.
ooxml  odf  office  formats  jasonmatusow  andyupdegrove  standards 
september 2007 by sogrady
Harmonization by augmenting ODF with OOXML elements - O'Reilly XML Blog
couple of people have sent this along, and it's a very interesting idea; be interesting to see how the namespace embedding affected performance. wondering too if this isn't the approach some of the plugin providers have taken.
harmonization  odf  rickjelliffe  ooxml  office  productivity  formats 
september 2007 by sogrady
Twitter / Bill de hOra: it would be cool if tomboy ...
this is a phenomenal idea
atom  tomboy  billdeh  xml  formats 
august 2007 by sogrady
The NOSE: Information Technology in Higher Education: ODF Under Consideration in Minnesota and Texas
Al looks at the possibility that Texas and Minnesota would move to ODF - or OOXML
odf  ooxml  texas  minnesota  office  formats  standards 
february 2007 by sogrady
Mac Mojo : Converters Coming! Free and (Fairly) Fast.
"There will be a delta between general availability of Win Office (January) and converters from MacBU (expected late March/early April." - hadn't seen this version of the story
mac  microsoft  office  Open  xml  formats 
december 2006 by sogrady
The Unwinnable War in high definition DVD « Susan Wu - Venture Capital
i watched the Lord of the Rings animated film several hundred times as a kid - why? well, yes, it was good, but also b/c it was one of maybe a dozen Betamax titles at the video store - format wars suck for consumers
dvd  wu  formats  vhs  betamax 
december 2006 by sogrady
Consortiuminfo.org - Mass ITD Resolved Accessibility Issues, Adjusts ODF Rollout Details
Andy, as usual, has this covered; the problem from where i sit is relatively simple - lots of folks are confusing open standards (e.g. ODF) with open source (e.g. OO.o) - a natural error, but one that shouldn't be made at this point
oo.o  massachusetts  microsoft  odf  formats  updegrove 
august 2006 by sogrady
An Antic Disposition: Traduttore, Traditore
the most detailed explanation of the shortcomings of Microsoft's ODF plugin i've seen yet; let's hope they're addressed, either by this plugin or an alternative
odf  microsoft  plugin  msxml  open  xml  formats  office 
july 2006 by sogrady
PlexNex: Microsoft "Supports" ODF
Sam's with David in thinking i got this wrong - give it a read, although i still maintain my position
support  odf  microsoft  Open  xml  formats 
july 2006 by sogrady
Heed Microsoft's move, adopt OpenDocument: OSIA: ZDNet Australia: News: Software
Australia sees Microsoft's decision as a validation of ODF - we'll see more and more of this, i think
odf  microsoft  open  opensource  xml  formats  office  via:jdub  osia  australia 
july 2006 by sogrady
SourceForge.net: ODF Add-in for Word 2007
the project that's got everyone talking: adding ODF support to Word 2007
word  odf  oo.o  Open  xml  migration  compatability  office  formats  sourceforge  opensource  bsd 
july 2006 by sogrady
Brian Jones: Open XML Formats : Legal issues around PDF support
i haven't talked to Adobe about this news yet, but the last i had spoken with them they claimed to be *for* Microsoft supporting PDF
adobe  microsoft  pdf  jones  office  productivity  formats  standards  open 
june 2006 by sogrady
Gotzeblogged: ODF in Denmark
some adoption news re: ODF in Denmark (via James)
government  standards  odf  office  productivity  xml  formats 
may 2006 by sogrady
MDB Tools - Unlocking Your Data
project to free up Access data
access  database  databases  db  formats  linux  microsoft  mysql  oracle  perl  postgresql  sql  windows  office 
april 2006 by sogrady
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - WordPerfect to Support Microsoft Office Open XML Formats
interesting news, but i agree with the commenter: this was pretty much expected from Corel
corel  odf  office  microsoft  formats  open  xml 
january 2006 by sogrady
Consortiuminfo.org Standards Blog
you can always count on Andy to give a blow by blow account of these activities - excellent work, sir
updegrove  odf  Massachusetts  sutor  phipps  yates  microsoft  Open  xml  formats 
december 2005 by sogrady
Line56.com: OpenDocument Tipping Point
Sun's Tenhumberg on ODF traction and more
odf  tenhumberg  microsoft  office  open  xml  formats 
december 2005 by sogrady
Consortiuminfo.org Standards Blog
very informative look at the covenant agreements side by side
microsoft  sun  odf  office  open  xml  formats  ecma  standards 
november 2005 by sogrady
Luis Villa's Blog
i've heard the TCP/IP to ODF comparions a number of times before, but they're no less effective for that
villa  Bray  tcp/ip  odf  oo.o  office  productivity  file  formats  xml  standards 
october 2005 by sogrady
Senators question file-storage shift - The Boston Globe
some MA pushback on access for disabled or impaired state employees; easy answer is for MS to export to ODF
odf  oo.o  microsoft  office  Massachusetts  formats  xml 
october 2005 by sogrady
OpenDoc plug-in for MS Office users - Breaking - Technology - smh.com.au
i've been waiting for something like this; will have to see if they can get input/output
plugin  office  microsoft  odf  xml  formats  open 
october 2005 by sogrady
BetaNews | Interview: Corel on Sun, Open Standards
not an intelligent interview from Corel (via Erwin)
tenhumberg  corel  odf  microsoft  office  open  xml  formats 
october 2005 by sogrady
Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : The myth of the Binary Key
"binary key" commentary from MS's Brian Jones; i found Todd's comments of particular interest here
binarykey  office  open  xml  formats  odf 
october 2005 by sogrady
Scripting News: 10/12/2005
Winer's take on the ODF; needless to say, i don't agree
winer  odf  opendocument  microsoft  office  xml  open  formats 
october 2005 by sogrady
New Coalition Will Promote OpenDocument
eWeek, October 11th, 2005
redmonkpress  odf  opendocument  microsoft  office  open  xml  formats 
october 2005 by sogrady
Mass. plan to dump MS Office for OpenDocument a 'matter of control'
SearchOpenSource.com, October 10th, 2005
eWeek  redmonkpress  ma  odf  opendocument  office  open  xml  formats 
october 2005 by sogrady
Relaxing Patent Licenses for Open Documents
interesting analysis from orcmid of the ODF vs MSXML patent/license issues
odf  office  open  xml  formats  opendocument 
october 2005 by sogrady
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - On Crappy XML Formats
Dare weighs in on the OPML/RSS debate, coming in on the side of Winer/Scoble
Scoble  winer  obsanjo  xml  opml  rss  formats  wsdl 
october 2005 by sogrady
Open Letter to Alan Yates of Microsoft
the KOffice folks respond to Yates (via /.)
yates  koffice  opendocument  odf  office  microsoft  open  xml  formats  Massachusetts 
september 2005 by sogrady
Sam Ruby: Brays, Fairness, and DoubleSpeak
Ruby on the ODF/MA deal
samruby  odf  ma  Massachusetts  opendocument  open  office  xml  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
MTLC Open Source SIG Wiki: OpenFormatMeetingSept2005
can't wait to hear this (via Bray via Berlind)
Bray  berlind  opendocument  odf  Massachusetts  office  open  xml  formats  microsoft  sun  ibm 
september 2005 by sogrady
[APXL] The iWork Programming Guide document now live and posted...
Apple product manager responds to Bray's commentary on their file formats
apple  iTunes  Bray  odf  xml  office  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog
it's not too often that i find myself on the same side as Nicholas Carr, but we're definitely in agreement on this point
carr  microsoft  Massachusetts  odf  opendocument  open  office  xml  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Once More unto the Breach: Microsoft, Massachusetts and a Standards Primer
well, now i don't have to write this, because Stephe's said it better than i could ;)
walli  Massachusetts  opendocument  odf  office  open  xml  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
ongoing ‽ Apple File Formats
Tim notes that Apple's even less of an open player than Microsoft; most unfortunate, as ODF support with their suite would be a huge win for Apple, IMO
apple  openstandards  xml  opendocument  odf  open  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
OSDL Calls Microsoft's Bluff
fine piece, up until the commentary on Massachusetts, where i think she goes off the rails
osdl  microsoft  office  Massachusetts  pdf  opendocument  odf  xml  open  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Reinventing the office suite | InfoWorld | Column | 2005-09-14 | By Jon Udell
usually on the same page as Jon, but not on this one; i want less email, not more. and it's not really about compound documents, it's about the thousands of millions of deliverables/proposals/invoices/etc created every day - i might not like it, but offic
xml  xfy  office  opendocument  odf  microsoft  open  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Jon Udell: An XML spreadsheet parable
i'm being told this is not a trivial exercise, surprisingly, but need some more evidence
microsoft  udell  odf  opendocument  office  open  xml  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Massachusetts Fights a Losing Battle
don't agree, obviously
microsoft  opendocument  odf  office  open  xml  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
ongoing ‽ Massachusetts Back-Room
Tim's take on the Microsoft MA response
Massachusetts  Bray  microsoft  oasis  opendocument  standards  odf  office  open  xml  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Why OpenDocument Won (and Microsoft Office Open XML Didn’t)
interesting ODF & MA essay
odf  oo.o  office  open  xml  microsoft  standards  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Massachusetts Weighs Dropping Office for Open Alternative
E-Commerce Times, September 2nd, 2005
redmonkpress  office  oo.o  odf  open  standards  formats 
september 2005 by sogrady
Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : Article on Proposal for Massachusetts to move to OpenDocument
Brian Jones of the Office team's take on the MA/ODF announcement; be sure to read the comments (via Scoble)
odf  opendocumentformat  open  standards  formats  office  productivity  openoffice  oo.o 
september 2005 by sogrady
tecosystems: Open Source, Ecosystems, The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and a Random Belgian Mathematician
a post of mine, but if you haven't read it, be sure to check out the comment (which is several hundred words long :) from Gary Edwards. brilliant as usual, and thanks for contributing Gary
adoption  innovation  formats  standards  edwards  opensource 
august 2005 by sogrady
Microsoft Monitor: Even More on New Office File Formats
i'm with Dare on this, i don't get this post at all: open is debatable, but not XML?
xml  open  office  microsoft  formats 
june 2005 by sogrady

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