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• OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study

  By Leif Martin Kirknes | 09 February, 2010 06:09

  Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).

• Danish parliament sets rules for open document formats

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2010 05:23

  The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday.

• Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 19 May, 2009 03:46

  A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard.

• Office 2007 SP2 supports ODF

  By Nancy Gohring | 29 April, 2009 05:01

  As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday began letting users of Office 2007 download Service Pack 2, marking a milestone in the company's document format battles with governments and other vendors.

• Microsoft tools build bridge between OpenXML, other formats

  By John Fontana | 04 December, 2008 08:21

  Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a free plug-in for Firefox to translate Open XML documents, an update to its document translator and a toolkit for Java developers that was built under the umbrella of its Document Interoperability Initiative.

• More OOXML trouble as Norwegians quit

  By John E. Dunn | 07 October, 2008 11:03

  Thirteen members of Norway's International Standards Organisation (ISO) body, Standard Norway, have resigned over the country's approval for the controversial Microsoft OOXML document format.

• IBM threatens to leave standards bodies

  By Jeremy Kirk | 24 September, 2008 08:30

  IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.