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- ISO issues new specifications to improve ship recycling procedures
ISO has released two new specifications that address two of the biggest problems found with the dismantling and recycling of vessels.
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- Microsoft OOXML approval put on hold
Following appeals by four countries including India, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has put its earlier decision ...
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- OOXML put on hold amid opposition from India
Following appeals by four countries, including India, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has put on hold its earlier ...
13 Jun, 2008, 12.19 AM IST
- Brazil, India, South Africa appeal new standard status for Microsoft Office
Brazil, India and South Africa have lodged an appeal against a decision to grant international standard recognition to Microsoft's Office s...
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- Microsoft gets ISO nod for Office OXML
Microsoft has won the battle of IT standards against companies such as RedHat, Sun Microsystems, Google, Oracle and others who opposed the ...
03 Apr, 2008, 12.02 AM IST
- India to vote against Microsoft’s OXML, against wishes of IT cos
Ironically Infy, Wipro, TCS and Nasscomm - voted, at Thursday’s meeting of the standards committee, to adopt OXML as a standard.Blogs as co...
21 Mar, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Microsoft's OXML standard debate hots up
The Open Document Format (ODF) camp, led by Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, IBM and others, is vehemently raising its voice against the standard...
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- Microsoft fails to secure ISO nod for Office Open XML
India voted against Microsoft along with countries like Brazil and China, while US voted a ‘Yes’ with reservations.
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- India throws MS open format out of the window
China has already voted a 'No' against Microsoft, while Malaysia, Denmark and Switzerland are supporting the software major in the standard...
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- IT's official: Murthy for multiple standards
This has all the elements of a corporate battle, but what has made things hotter is that even academics and the country’s top institutes of...
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- Oracle, Google join IBM-Sun camp
The war over control of your office documents is getting murkier. The IBM-Sun Microsystems backed Open Document Format (ODF) alliance is no...
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- IT’s Big Three weigh in on document war
The battle of standards for word processing documents is hotting up. Infy, TCS and Wipro have joined the panel to decide between MS and IBM...
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- Microsoft push on XML irks industry
Microsoft is now being accused of monopoly of a different nature. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has put the Microsoft Office...
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