Earlier this week, Microsoft Office standards chief Jim Thatcher quietly announced that Microsoft would add ”two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. … [and] ...

It may be Valentine’s Day but there are no love letters being exchanged between duelling electronic document formats, OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Open XML. Instead, Microsoft, the backer of Open XML ...

After suffering a setback from the ISO when the Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF) received approval as the international standard, Microsoft has restated its commitment to push ...