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  Oracle now charging US$90 for ODF-Office plug-in

  Oracle has imposed a fee of US$90 per user on a plug-in for Microsoft Office that was available at no cost under Sun Microsystems' ownership.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 21 April, 2010 06:25

  Tags: microsoft office, odf, openoffice, oracle, plug-ins

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  OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study

  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).

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

  Tags: government, Norway, odf, ooxml, XML

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  Danish parliament sets rules for open document formats

  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.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2010 05:23

  Tags: Denmark, government, odf, ooxml

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  KOffice 2.1 released, ups Microsoft Office compatibility

  KOffice, a cross-platform open source office suite, has reached version 2.1 with the import and export of Microsoft Office on the list of big improvements.

  By Rodney Gedda | 25 November, 2009 11:51

  Tags: kde, KOffice, microsoft office, odf, open source

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  IBM, Microsoft quibble over Office 2007's new ODF support

  In the latest sniping in the long-running feud over document format standards, IBM this week claimed that Microsoft Corp.'s Excel 2007 corrupted formulas and data in spreadsheets created in the OpenDocument Format.

  By Eric Lai | 07 May, 2009 07:47

  Tags: excel, IBM, Microsoft, microsoft office, odf, openoffice

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  Office 2007 SP2 supports ODF

  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.

  By Nancy Gohring | 29 April, 2009 05:01

  Tags: Microsoft, microsoft office, odf, Office 2007, ooxml, openoffice

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  Sun, IBM launch ODF tools initiative

  Sun Microsystems and IBM Wednesday announced the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 06 November, 2008 08:11

  Tags: odf, Open Document Format Toolkit Union, Symphony

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  IBM threatens to leave standards bodies

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

  By Jeremy Kirk | 24 September, 2008 08:30

  Tags: IBM, odf, ooxml, standards