Open season on OpenDocument

Battle takes turn Microsoft announces sponsorhip of an open-source project to create a converter between Open Office XML and OpenDocument file formats.

Microsoft bends on OpenDocument

The software giant will sponsor an open-source project to create a converter between Open Office XML and OpenDocument file formats.
July 5, 2006

Mass. holding tight to OpenDocument

Despite calls for a delay, Massachusetts' CIO says the state's move to open standards is "a question of when, not if."
July 5, 2006

The ruckus over Open Doc

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July 5, 2006

Report blasts Mass. OpenDocument policy

An oversight committee criticizes standard-setting process as closed, unlawful and insensitive to people with disabilities.
June 29, 2006

previous coverage

Belgium chooses OpenDocument

Plan requiring government adoption of format puts further pressure on Microsoft to embrace open standards.
June 23, 2006

Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow

Office maker takes a swing at the open-source format, but ODF Alliance says Open XML's performance can't yet be measured.
May 25, 2006