Microsoft has won approval for its Offfice Open XML document format from international standards body ECMA International. Microsoft has won approval for its Office Open XML document format from ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

Is Microsoft’s Open XML document standard “so complex and so geared towards compatibility with legacy Office compatibility that it could never be implemented as a fully functional file format by any ...

An online petition posted by Microsoft to fast-track the standardization of its Office Open XML document format masks the company's concern over the procedure, according to a leading open-source ...

Amman, April 14 th, 2008 - After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft Corp. claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

A correction was made to this story. Read below for details. The OpenDocument Format has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has significantly better performance.

France has voted against adoption of Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document format as an international standard, while Australia has decided to abstain. Microsoft offered its Open XML ...

Company says customers and concerns about interoperability drive its continued work to standardize its open file format, a rival to ODF Rather than stacking the vote, Microsoft simply wanted to allow ...

Facing headlines such as "Use MS Office On A Mac? You're About To Get Screwed," Microsoft's Mac development team accused some bloggers of trying more to "inflame than inform," and reiterated the ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Microsoft document format that may be adopted as an international standard this weekend is a ploy to lock in customers, who could lose control over their own data in a ...