OOXML Update: ISO Approved
April 5, 2008 by Jerome Locson
Filed under Computers
Finally, results are out and time to move on giants! For those who do not know what Microsoft’s OOXML is, pleas read on…
ISO/IEC DIS 29500 receives necessary votes for approval as an International Standard
Anyway, here’s some links for you to check out about this story:
Microsoft’s Office Open XML now an official ISO standard
Microsoft’s OOXML wins ’standard’ stamp
OpenXML – Microsoft UK
Open XML Community
Poll: Will you support Microsoft OOXML? Plus, February Poll Results
March 3, 2008 by Jerome Locson
Filed under Computers
It’s March 2008 and time for new poll and here’s the question:
Will you support Microsoft OOXML?
We have heard or read news about the efforts done by Microsoft in pursuing to have OOXML standardized at ISO. But the organization is still re-evaluate the issues raised with OOXML. So, what do you think about OOXML? Will you support it?
Anyway, here’s the result for February’s Poll Result:
What is your preferable Online Office Suites?
Google Docs with 21 votes, 58% of all votes
Zoho Online with 9 votes, 25% of all votes
Microsoft Office Live with 6 votes, 17% of all votes
Live Documents with 0 votes, …read more
An Update with Microsoft’s Open XML Standards
February 29, 2008 by Jerome Locson
Filed under Computers
Zoho Writer recently released an update with the support of DocX formats, which is the new Microsoft OOXML file format for Word documents. The update is good but what’s teh status of OOXML as a standard?
As Microsoft still pursuing OOXML to be credited for international standard by International Organization for Standardization (ISO), let us see some updates posted by Martin LaMonica at CNET News:
Microsoft said it will open up the application programming interfaces of Office 2007 to outside software programmers so that different document formats, such as OpenDocument Format (ODF), can be the default.
Gray Knowlton, group product manager for the …read more




