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A game of Zendo

http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/game-of-zendo.html

In this entry Rob Weir discusses the official and unofficial constraints on the development of Ecma Office Open XML, considers what it means for the standard, with reference to the inductive logic game of Zendo, takes a dive into Art Page Border as an example of how OOXML is overconstrained and why that causes problems, and shows how to do Art Page Borders better, while still preserving copatibility with legacy documents.
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A mockery of international standards

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Microsoft uses its own document file format in its software, while companies like Novell and IBM use the OpenDocument Format. ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind explains how these two competing standards are being handled by an international organization.
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Office standards battle grinds on

http://news.com.com/Office+standards+battle+grinds+on/2100-1012_3-5991965.html

Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardize Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software. CNET News.com, 13. December 2005.
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Microsoft Covenant Regarding Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas

http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/covenant.mspx

Microsoft irrevocably covenants that it will not seek to enforce any of its patent claims necessary to conform to the technical specifications for the Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas.
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Q&A with Jean Paoli

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/nov05/11-21Ecma.mspx

On the submission of Office Open XML Document Formats to Ecma International
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Gates up to old tricks over intellectual property rights

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10115247

Adam Gifford: About Microsoft's Patent 525484 in New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald, 15 March 2005.
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Microsoft seeks XML-related patents

http://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-5146581.html?part=rss

Microsoft has applied for patents that could prevent competing applications from processing documents created with the latest version of the software giant's Office program. CNET News.com, January 23, 2004.
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What's behind Microsoft's Office moves?

http://news.com.com/2100-1012-5111644.html

Looming competitive and regulatory pressures factored into Microsoft's recent decision to reveal formerly secret pieces of its latest Office software, according to analysts. December 1, 2003. By David Becker, CNET News.com.
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Microsoft, Open Source Claim XML Success

http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3114271

Microsoft's recent announcement that it would offer royalty-free licensing for its Extensible Markup Language (define) schemas in Office 2003 has both the software giant and open-source advocates claiming victory for the open standards movement. But analysts and industry experts say the real winners are the independent software vendors (ISVs), whose hearts and minds are up for grabs in the Web services (define) movement to expand the use of XML and open standards. InternetNews, November 26, 2003.
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Microsoft Announces Open and Royalty-Free License for Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas

http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=751

Microsoft has launched a royalty-free licensing program for its Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas and accompanying documentation. XML Journal, 19 November 2003.
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Microsoft Decides to Forego Royalties Worldwide For Office 2003 XML Schemas

http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16101074

In a move designed to please the European Commission and governments globally, Microsoft announced on Monday that it would make its Office 2003 XML reference schemas available on a royalty-free basis beginning in early December. Internet Week
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Microsoft offers developers Office XML schemas

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=528330593

Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox hailed Microsoft's move as a positive and surprising step toward interoperability. "Fully opening up and licensing the Office 2003 schemas creates the first crack in the productivity suite's proprietary file formats," he wrote Monday in a post on Jupiter Research's Microsoft Monitor Web log. "The company has more to gain by making Office an appealing, useful XML data creation tool. Interoperability is essential to this end, and puts Microsoft in the stronger position of selling Office on its features." Computerworld Australia
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Microsoft Shares Some of Office 2003

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113536,00.asp

Software giant will offer XML schemas to developers for free. PCWorld.com, November 18, 2003
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Microsoft to offer free XML licenses

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/applications/0,39001094,39158292,00.htm

The Danish government is already using the XML schema in a project to standardize document formats to enable simpler data access. The initiative came about after discussions with the Danish government, Microsoft said. CNet Asia, November 18 2003.
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FSF eases Microsoft schema patent fears

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34045.html

"I don't think the alarm is justified," the FSF's pro bono counsel Eben Moglen told us last night. By Andrew Orlowski in The Register, 18/11/2003
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Microsoft Hands Over Office 2003 XML Schemas Royalty-Free To Denmark, World

http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46104

In a move designed to please the European Commission and governments globally, Microsoft announced on Monday that it would make its Office 2003 XML reference schemas available on a royalty-free basis. CRN Daily, 17. November 2003
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Microsoft offers developers Office XML schemas

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/17/HNoffice_1.html

Move enables trading of data with other programs. InfoWorld 17. November 2003.
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Microsoft Opens the Office to Developers

http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22711.html

"The word 'proprietary' is anathema now," said Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. "Open source is gaining ground and Microsoft is responding to market demands; it cannot exist as a monopoly." By Jay Wrolstad, Newsfactor Network, November 18, 2003
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Microsoft Opens XML Schemas for Office 2003

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32164.html

Meta Group vice president Steve Kleynhans told TechNewsWorld that although it will take a year to 18 months to tell whether the strategy is working, the release of the schemas is a good indicator of Microsoft's dedication to being more open. E-Commerce News, November 17, 2003
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Office 2003 XML Reference Schema Patent License

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpatentlicense.asp

This document is intended to expand upon the rights that Microsoft grants to certain Microsoft® Office 2003 XML schemas. As described in this document, the technical specifications for the schemas include rights under copyright to make reproductions and to display and distribute those reproductions, subject to certain terms and conditions. The purpose of this document is to provide a patent license to individuals and organizations interested in implementing software programs that can read and write files that conform to such specifications.
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