In a move that could bring a chorus of both cheers and jeers, Microsoft Corp. recently announced its commitment to adopt XML technology as the default file format in the next version of Office ...

I asked about XML file formats for Macintosh Office, but Capossela wasn' sure--Mac Office is done by a different business group at Microsoft. Nor is a Linux version of Office on the drawing board.

George Ou thinks XML is an inefficient and unnecessary replacement for binary file formats. John Carroll disagrees, arguing that XML is the lego approach to managing data, and offers advantages in ...

Sun Microsystems is contributing the XML file format specification utilized in the OpenOffice.org 1.0 project to a new technical committee recently formed by the OASIS standards body. The new ...

Microsoft will make XML-based file formats the default for its forthcoming "Office 12" version of Office, which is scheduled for release late in 2006. While Microsoft supported XML file formats in ...

Microsoft said Thursday that XML would be the default file format for three applications when it ships Office 12 late next year. The company said its new Microsoft Office Open XML Formats would be ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The first draft of the Office Open XML file format ...

Microsoft confirms Open XML has gained ISO ratification. ... The company's bid--started in 2005--to make the Open XML file formats international standards has succeeded, ...