The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner.
The data format standard has the potential to transform the world just as the Web did, according to a senior Sun executive.
U.S. politicians lashed out Wednesday at the European Union's decision to seek sanctions against Microsoft, asking regulators in Brussels to reconsider their decision to levy an unprecedented fine of US$613 million.
As the European Union considers restrictions aimed at preventing Microsoft from unfairly using its dominance in PC operating systems to gain control of the market for multimedia software, some say the war has already moved on.
Early reports indicate that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format appears to have enough votes to be certified an ISO standard but complaints of irregularities and strong-arm tactics are rife.
A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.
The software giant's recent XML-related patent applications highlight the struggle between open and proprietary.
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Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
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