But Ecma's approval wasn't unanimous -- IBM voted against Open XML, saying OpenDocument, which is the default format in OpenOffice, is a "vastly superior" format, and another standard was unnecessary.

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

Ecma, the international standards body accepted Microsoft's proposed Open XML File Format submission for standardization.

Microsoft’s quest to have Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as a global technology standard seems to have recovered from a setback it suffered last week as ...

Making good on an earlier promise, Novell has posted an Open XML translator for the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, adding Microsoft Office 2007 file format capability to the open-source ...

Massachusetts approves Open XML open document format for use alongside Microsoft ODF. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday added Open XML to its list of approved open documents formats. The ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

Microsoft Corp.’s Open XML file format cleared a small hurdle Wednesday, after documents released by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) showed fewer countries harboring ...