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MS offers Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0

In addition to its latest Office 2004 XML update and Office 2008 stability update, Microsoft on Tuesday quietly (and finally) released its much-anticipated Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, which allows users to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows. The software allows them to open, edit, and save the files in earlier versions of Office for Mac. Open XML Converter can convert Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations that are in the Open XML Format and can convert and open a single file, or convert a large number of files. The download is 45MB; it is available free of charge.

Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows for use in earlier versions of the suite, including Office 2004 11.4 and Office v. X 10.1.9 or later.

Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows for use in earlier versions of the suite, including Office 2004 11.4 and Office v. X 10.1.9 or later.

Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac

Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows for use in earlier versions of the suite, including Office 2004 11.4 and Office v. X 10.1.9 or later.

Microsoft's Annual Report Reveals OSS Mistakes

mjasay writes "Microsoft's most recent annual report suggests that the company is increasingly coming to grips with open source, yet also seems determined to perpetuate myths about open source that poorly serve it and its shareholders. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has suggested before that 'free software means no free soda' for Microsoft employees; but this is perhaps the first time that Microsoft has managed to enshrine its ignorance in a public document. In the annual report, Microsoft makes two primary false claims about open source: 1) Open source companies don't invest in research and development and instead largely free-ride on Microsoft's patents and copyrights; and 2) Open source projects don't innovate and instead mimic Microsoft's products.

Microsoft Releases First Open XML SDK

Kurtz'sKompund tips us to news that Microsoft has released a finished version of the Open XML software development kit. Microsoft has made additional resources available with the download. Quoting Techworld: "The SDK includes an application programming interface (API) simplifying the creation of code for searching documents, creating documents, validating document parts, modifying data and other tasks, Microsoft said. The API can be used in any language supported by the Microsoft .Net Framework, the company said. The current SDK supports the version of Open XML supported by Office 2007, which is not the same as that ratified as a standard by the ISO, due to changes effected during the ratification process."

Better late than never: Open XML converter comes to Mac

Almost two years after it was originally promised, Microsoft has finally delivered the Open XML converter plug-in for Mac OS X.

Microsoft and Apache - What's the Angle?

A week ago, we discussed Microsoft's contribution to the Apache Foundation. Now, Bruce Perens has written an analysis "exploring the new relationship of Microsoft and the Apache project, how it works as an anti-Linux move on Microsoft's part, and what some of the Open Sourcers are going to do about having Microsoft as a rather untrustworthy partner." In particular, he notes: "...Microsoft can still influence how things go from here on. If they have to live with open source, the Apache project is Microsoft's preferred direction. Apache doesn't use the dreaded GPL and its enforced sharing of source-code. Instead, the Apache license is practically a no-strings gift, with a weak provision against patent lawsuits as its most relevant term. Microsoft can take Apache software and embrace and enhance, providing their own versions of the project's

Working with the XML Data Type of SQL Server

With the growing use of XML data, the need for the coexistence of relational data and XML data is also growing. The classic approach of storing XML data as physical disk files is unsuitable and tedious in many situations. No wonder modern database engines are geared to store XML documents right along with the rest of the relational data. To that end, the XML data type introduced in SQL Server 2005 is a great addition to the database engine. Prior to SQL Server 2005, developers often used VARCHAR or TEXT column types to store XML documents and fragments. Although this approach served well as far as data storage is concerned, it proved to be poor in terms of querying and manipulating the XML data. This article will give you a jump start in using the XML data type of SQL server and will teach you how XML data can be manipulated with the help

Working with the XML Data Type of SQL Server

With the growing use of XML data, the need for the coexistence of relational data and XML data is also growing. The classic approach of storing XML data as physical disk files is unsuitable and tedious in many situations. No wonder modern database engines are geared to store XML documents right along with the rest of the relational data. To that end, the XML data type introduced in SQL Server 2005 is a great addition to the database engine. Prior to SQL Server 2005, developers often used VARCHAR or TEXT column types to store XML documents and fragments. Although this approach served well as far as data storage is concerned, it proved to be poor in terms of querying and manipulating the XML data. This article will give you a jump start in using the XML data type of SQL server and will teach you how XML data can be manipulated with the help

Microsoft Rolls Out Office 2004, 2008 Updates, Open XML Converter

Microsoft released Office 2004 11.5, Office 2008 12.1.1, and Open XML Converter Tuesday evening. The updates are designed to improve overall application stability and enhance support for the new Office file format standard in both versions of the app suite.

Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.1, Office 2004 11.5.0, Open XML converter released

Microsoft has released significant updates to both Office 2008 and Office 2004, as well as the final release of the Office Open XML converter 1.0.

Open Source Census Gaining Traction Globally as Enterprises Gain Visibility Into Their Own Open Source Usage

BROOMFIELD, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/16/08 -- The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced that after its first two months, more than 220,000 open source package/project installations have been discovered. Additionally several organizations have joined The Open Source Census at various levels, including: ActiveState, EnterpriseDB, Microsoft, Oregon State University's Open Source Lab, and OSAlt.com (Open Source as Alternative).

Microsoft release Open XML converters

Mac users can now open files created by the 2007 and 2008 versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint after Microsoft released a set of Open XML converters.

Ramji Says Microsofts Heart Is in Open Source

Microsoft’s open source man, Sam Ramji, told Sun Microsystems’ Barton George in a podcast during the O’Reilly Open Source Conference last week that the heart of Microsoft is in the middle of its open source lab and activities. Ramji talks about Microsoft’s relationship with the Samba project, the work the company is doing to improve interoperability with Linux and Solaris, and the licenses that Microsoft submitted for certification by the Open Source Initiative, among other things.

Syncro Soft releases Oxygen XML Editor 9.3

Syncro Soft has updated Oxygen XML Editor (and Oxygen XML Author) to version 9.3. The update's main feature is archive-editing support. Users can extract, validate, edit and process the XML data in OpenDocument files and other ZIP-based archives. The software also supports transformations using XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0 and XQuery on files inside ZIP-based archives and users can compare and merge archived files. It works with OOXML, ODF, JAR and other zip-based archives. Oxygen XML Editor and XML Author are cross-platform, working on Windows, Linux/Unix and Eclipse, in addition to the Mac platform. Oxygen XML Editor costs $300 for a professional license while XML Author costs $180. There are also enterprise and education licenses and a 30-day trial is available.

MS To Become Open Source Friendly Post Gates

ruphus13 writes "Now that Gates has 'retired' from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, 'We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji's group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,' said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a former marketing exec at SUSE Linux. 'With Gates' departure, the only mammoth remaining is Ballmer. With him away in a near future, Microsoft will definitely open up. They have to.'" Microsoft could become the world's largest open source company; they've certainly made some concessions to it lately.

Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac

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Microsoft Rebuilds Open Source Sandcastle

"Microsoft is apparently serious about its efforts to adhere to the letter of the Open Source Definition and is now set to relaunch its Sandcastle effort as a result. Nearly a month ago Microsoft pulled the Sandcastle project from its CodePlex site because it was listed as being open source (under the OSI approved Ms-PL) when in fact it wasn't because it didn't adhere to the licensing terms of open source. Sandcastle which is a documentation compiler for managed class libraries did not have source code open and available for download.

Office 2008, 2004 updates, XML converter released

Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit released three updates for its Mac Office products. Office 2008, Office 2004 and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac are all available from the company’s Web site.

Office 2008, 2004 Updates, XML Converter Released

Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit has released three updates for its Mac Office products. Office 2008, Office 2004 and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac are all available from the company's Web site.

Microsoft doet aan Open Source

Wij hebben enkele experimentele fases doorlopen om te Open Source te begrijpen, ons te positioneren en Open Source projecten te testen”, verklaart Marc Gardette, verantwoordelijke van de groep architecten van de researchdivisie en het bedrijfsplatform van Microsoft Frankrijk. De uitgever neemt uiteraard al twee jaar deel aan de vrije wereld, al was het maar met Codeplex, het hostingplatform voor Open Source projecten. Het bedrijf vermenigvuldigt nu ook haar partnerakkoorden met de gemeenschap dankzij een samenwerking met Novell, Apache en zelfs Mozilla. Ten slotte is het bedrijf dit jaar ook sponsor van organisaties zoals Open Source Census en Oscon (Open Source Convention).

Senior Microsoft developer dumps Redmond to embrace open source

Mike Gunderloy spent over a decade consulting for Microsoft, helping to build the Access and Excel versions of Microsoft Office 97 and 2000, as well as SQL Server, C#, and ASP.Net. A series of Microsoft moves, most particularly its "patent land-grab," has pushed Gunderloy away from Microsoft to the point that he's now "100 percent Microsoft-free" and has embraced a variety of open-source projects and programming languages.

Microsoft's Open XML Moves Forward as ISO Standard

Microsoft's Open XML format overcame its final stumbling block and is moving forward as an official ISO standard. The file format had been held back earlier this year by claims that the voting process was rushed and that Microsoft's specification information was incomplete.

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