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July 2006

Microsoft Expands Document Interoperability: Company to sponsor open source project for Open XML-ODF file translation to deliver more choice for government customers and their constituents.

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“OpenXML represents a paradigm shift not only in its architecture but also in the customer needs it serves, opening organizations’ existing documents to take advantage of new content management and collaboration scenarios that weren’t possible even as recently as a few years ago ,” said Frédéric Bon, CEO of Clever Age. “Through the documentation Ecma International is creating and work such as the Open XML Translator project, customers will soon have the confidence that Open XML and ODF formats can coexist and new document scenarios will flourish. We are looking forward to working with the community of developers and businesses interested in XML documents.”

September 2005

The Web Standards Project

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IE7 will include a native XMLHTTPRequest object for Javascript applications - no ActiveXObject needs to be created

July 2005

Microsoft se (re)lance à fond dans les standards du Web - Gastero Prod

Avec un énorme retard accumulé par le quasi abandon des travaux sur Internet Explorer, Microsoft se lance à nouveau dans la course à la supprémacie du Web, avec parmi les principaux objectifs le support des standards.

The Web Standards Project

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Not only has Microsoft offered an open door to WaSP’s criticism and ultimate assistance, but individual developers there are expressing a lot of enthusiasm about our relationship

January 2005