Saturday, August 16, 2008

File format standards getting sorted!

File format standards getting sorted!
It has taken a flippin long time, but it is good to see these issues sorted/being sorted:

  • Adobe PDF ratified by ISO as standard - finally let go of proprietary format last year and put it up for ratification
  • Microsoft OOXML ratified by ISO as standard - although the ISO version won't be incorporated until Office 14 comes out next year, and the approval is being challenged by 4 governments . .. .
  • ODF being supported by Microsoft - in an Office 2007 Service Pack to be released in 2009

Good article here on Computerworld.


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