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OOXML fails ISO voteSee also: The blogosphere speaks out on OOXML; Brazil votes down OOXML
Microsoft has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked to become a standard by the International Organization for Standardization. A proposal must win two votes in order to gain ISO approval. It must garner the support of two-thirds of voting national standards bodies that participated in work on the proposal and then it must gain the yes vote from three-quarters of all voting members. The controversial OOXML failed on both counts.
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OOXML battle won’t be settled with Sept. 2 vote
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FSF to Microsoft: Follow the GPLv3 or else!
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Chris Dalby – The Essential Microsoft Toolkit
Tafiti Search Engine
New Microsoft Subnet blogger, Chris Dalby, will be reviewing Microsoft technology. He’s just tackled Tafiti, Microsoft’s new search engine tool. Dalby isn’t a pushover, but he’s loving Tafiti as it searches in an “almost 3D way,” he says. “Dare I say it, I wouldn’t mind seeing this used with the Google search engine.”
John Obeto – Notes from a Microsoft fan
Microsoft and Cisco
Are they friends or competitors? Obeto says competitors, but they are absolutely competing the right way.
Author expert Micheal Noel’s blogSharePoint servers can be vulnerable to attack. “A surprisingly good reverse proxy solution for SharePoint happens to be Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006,” he says.
Securing SharePoint Sites with ISA Server 2006
Noel writes that
Author expert Colin Spence’s blog
Choosing between Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
Should you be using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) or SharePoint Server 2007? Spence offers a checklist for choosing between them.
Collaboration expert Sue Hanley’s blog
What were they thinking? Unraveling the mysteries of SharePoint Search: Created By and Last Modified By
Hanley offers an update on her “ongoing mission” to figure out the user interface for MOSS 2007 search. She asks if the designers really intended to make it impossible to find a document if all you know is the name of the last person who modified it?
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