Microsoft to Increasingly Open up on Office 14 and Windows 7
There is a time for translucency, and there is also a time for transparency.
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11.7.2008 Microsoft submits Open Source Office XML to ECMA
As reported by the
TheServerSide.net, Microsoft has submitted the beta 1 findings to the ECMA International board for standardization in hopes of gaining international standardization.
In an interview with a fellow Microsoft employee, Robert Scoble, interviewer for the MSDN developer community Channel 9, talks with Jean Paoli about the submission. Mr. Paoli explains the process after Robert asks if the XML is really open source.
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27.11.2005 Windows 7 ISO Verifier download
The final RTM release of Windows 7 should be released later this month, and blogger and developer Long Zheng has created a small application designed to verify that your download is the real thing.
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6.7.2009 Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD and ISO Leaked and Available for Download
Windows 7 Build 6956 is the latest copy of Windows Vista's successor leaked and available for download via various third-party sources, including popular torrent websites.
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9.12.2008 Windows Server 2008 with SP2 RTM ISO Download
Windows Server 2008 shares the same code base with Windows Vista, and that explains why a single Service Pack 2 (SP2) is released for both operating system. With the RTM of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 version 6.0.6002.18005, the Windows Server 2008 with SP2 slipstreamed or integrated DVD ISO images are also been prepared by Microsoft.
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4.5.2009 Vista SP2 RTM DVD ISO Images Available for Download
Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing on April 28, 2009. As was the case with Vista SP1, the RTM and General Availability dates failed to coincide.
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15.5.2009 Download Windows Vista SP1 RTM Standalone DVD ISO
Over two months since Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and almost a month since it became available to the general public on March 18, the first service pack for the latest Windows client is once again available for download.
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15.4.2008 Download April 2009 Security Release ISO Image for Windows
On the heels of the April 14, 2009 security bulletins, Microsoft has made available for download the ISO image with the patches released this month.
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16.4.2009 Windows 7 Beta ISO Download and Product Key Available for MSDN and Technet Subsribers
Although the public beta for Windows 7 beta will only available on January 9, 2009, the MSDN and Technet subscribers can now start downloading the DVD ISO media together with a genuine working product key to activate the Windows 7 installed.
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8.1.2009 Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher Free Download for Direct Convert
Windows 7 no longer has “One Disc to Rule Them All” universal installation DVD disc media or ISO image which allows users to select whichever editions of Windows 7 they prefer to install during setup. Instead, each Windows 7 installation ISO or media is specific for a channel and distribution and can be used to install an edition of Windows 7 only.
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30.10.2009 Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 DVD ISO Image Torrent and NamiPan Download
f indeed the Windows 7 initial first beta release will have the build version number of 7000, the DVD ISO image of the 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 6.1.7000.0, 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso, has been leaked to Internet.
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26.12.2008 Download Windows 7 RTM 7600.16385 x86 and x64 Original ISO Image
The original untouched ISO’s of Windows 7 RTM Build 7600.16385.090713-1255 for both x86 and x64 from Microsoft are finally here!
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24.7.2009 First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
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28.4.2006 Download Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM Build 7600.16385 Leaked Home Made DVD ISO
Together with Windows 7 RTM, Windows Server 2008 R2 has also been released to manufacturing.
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23.7.2009 Free Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation Installation ISO and VHD for Hyper-V Official Direct Download Links
Windows Server 2008 R2 is the next iteration of Windows Server operating system, which has been RTMed with build version 6.1.7600.16385 together with Windows 7. Microsoft is now officially releasing the ISO image for Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial Software, which allowing administrators and users to install Windows Server 2008 R2 to evaluate the new operating system for 180 days for free.
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17.8.2009 Download 32-bit and 64-bit Vista SP1 RTM Slipstream ISO Images
Microsoft is offering for download both the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista SP1, the slipstream versions as ISO images. A slipstream version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is essentially nothing more than the RTM version of the latest Windows client with the service pack already integrated.
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29.2.2008 Windows 7 Enterprise Trial 32-bit and 64-bit ISO Direct Download Links
Microsoft has made available free download of Windows 7 Enterprise edition for interested corporate and business customers as trial evaluation software. Windows 7 Enterprise free download has pre-installed product key which lasts for 90 days (3 months) after activated. Activation has to be done within 10 days or else the computer will shut down hourly.
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3.10.2009 Download 64-bit Windows 7 6801 Pre-Beta ISO Microsoft.Windows.7 64Bit.Build.6801.DVD-WinBeta Torrent
Other than 32-bit edition of Windows 7 Pre-Beta build version 6801 that has been leaked to the Web for free download via torrent, the 64-bit edition of Windows 7 Pre-Beta with build tag 6801, which is also been distributed to attendees during the PDC 2008, has been leaked to Internet, and can be downloaded via fully seeded torrent.
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30.10.2008 Office 2007 RTM download
The 2007 Microsoft Office System, also known as Microsoft Office 2007, is the most recent version of its productivity suite.
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12.11.2006 Office 2010 streaming-download
Microsoft has invited selected testers to try out a new way of delivering Office 2010 to customers using virtualization and streaming technologies.
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28.7.2009 Office 2003 Service Pack 2 DOWNLOAD
Microsoft? Office 2003 Service Pack 2 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. Some of the fixes included with SP2 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update.
Office 2003 Service Pack 2 include Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Proofing Tools, New anti phishing feature in Outlook 2003 SP2 ..
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DOWNLOAD Microsoft Office 2003 SP2
Microsoft Office has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the Microsoft Office System includes programs, servers, services, and solutions designed to work together to help address a broad array of business problems.
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14.12.2005 Office 2007 Public Beta 2 Available For Download
Today Microsoft released beta 2 of Office 2007. This beta is publicly available for download.
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23.5.2006 Download 2007 Microsoft Office Beta 2 refresh now!
This is an update to the Beta 2 version of a 2007 Microsoft Office system product. Beta 2 Technical Refresh updates are compatible with the Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 pre-release product.
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14.9.2006 Microsoft: Office 2007 download ready Dec. 1
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it has completed work on Office 2007's system code and released it to manufacturing.
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7.11.2006 MS Office 2007 Enterprise Preactivated Download
No serial nor activation required. Just install and go. The 2007 Microsoft Office system (also called Microsoft Office 2007) is the most recent version of Microsoft's productivity suite. Thanks to Yordan for this download.
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1.7.2007 Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview download
Thus far, our thirst for new stuff to rip to bits has been kept quenched by Windows 7, and now that there won’t be anything really new with Windows 7 builds except for under the hood bug fixes and performance improvements here and there.
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16.5.2009 Download Office 2010 Beta Icons Pack
The latest Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4417.1000 which was leaked about a week ago features refreshed icons for all Office applications.
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8.9.2009 Office 2010 Beta Available for Download via MSDN and TechNet
The Beta bits of Office 2010 Beta along with Office Web Applications are now up on MSDN and TechNet Plus.
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16.11.2009 HTTP DOWNLOAD - Microsoft Office 12 Beta 2006
During the coming months we will be announcing exciting new capabilities that will be part of the next release of Microsoft Office products, currently code-named Microsoft Office "12." Visit this site often for the latest news, and register to get the beta when it's available.
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ISO rejects Office Open XML appeal (redux)
The International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) has rejected appeals by four countries to reject Microsoft's Office Open XML formats as an
international standard. No further appeals can be made against the decision by two technical boards, so
ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology
- Office Open XML formats can wend its way to publication in coming weeks.
In a
press release yesterday, the ISO said appeals by Brazil, India, South Africa and
Venezuela had failed to muster the support of two thirds of the members of its technical boards.
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16.08.2008Report: Open XML ISO Standard
Unlikely
Microsoft will have a hard
time having its Office 2007
Open XML document format
accepted as a standard by the
ISO, research firm Gartner
said in a research note last
week. This is due to
OpenDocument already receiving
certification...
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17.05.2006Challenges coming to ISO Open XML vote?
Now that Office Open XML (OOXML) has been certified as an ISO standard, there is a possibility that the vote leading to that result will be
challenged. It seems Microsoft is already counting on it.
The ISO on Wednesday
officially announced that Open XML received
enough votes
to become a standard, reversing a
previous attempt in September that failed.
But there have been
several reports of "irregularities" in the voting of the 87 national standards bodies that participated.
Those complaints could
lead to a formal appeal of the votes which, under ISO rules, need to be lodged by those countries in the next two months.
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02.04.2008Google: OOXML makes a mockery of ISO process
The head of Google's open-source programs on Monday urged international delegates to vote against certifying Office Open XML as an ISO standard,
saying the Microsoft-led effort poses a risk to users who want unfettered access to documents.
Delegates from international
standards bodies are meeting in Geneva this week to resolve technical comments submitted after Office Open XML (OOXML) failed to pass as a standard
last September. The results of the five-day ballot resolution meeting are critical for Microsoft's two-year bid to get International Organization for
Standardization, or ISO, certification.
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27.02.2008Microsoft Office XML gets fast-tracked to ISO standard
The International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) has
announced that it is putting
Microsoft's Open XML format
(the file format used for
Office 2007) on a five-month
schedule to become a full ISO
standard as early as this
August. An e-mail by Lisa
Rajchel, the secretariat of
ISO's Joint Technical
Committee, confirmed this
decision. The proposal still
has to be put to a ballot and
distributed to all 157 member
countries in the ISO, which is
likely to happen sometime this
week. The move would put
Microsoft's format on par
with OpenDocument (created
from the existing XML-based
file formats of Open
Office.org), which received
ISO's blessing last May.
Some industry
observers have pointed out
that having two separate XML
document standards for office
suites could potentially be
confusing. Some member
countries of the ISO have
proposed "harmonizing" ODF
and Open XML to make them more
interoperable, although this
would involve lengthy and
complicated changes to both
formats. Other criticisms of
Open XML include the
complexity of the format, as
it is a more complex format
than OpenDocument, but it has
to be because it is required
to support every feature that
exists in Microsoft Office,
many of which have no analog
in OpenOffice. A spokesperson
for the Ecma addressed the
criticism that having two
document standards (ODF and
Open XML) was potentially
confusing: " Ecma does not
see a problem to have several,
competing format standards in
ISO/IEC, such as PDF and the
standards for the disjoint.
Ecma is, of course, very
interested to learn the views
of the National Bodies in JTC
1 and ISO/IEC about this
subject ."
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14.03.2007NIST endorses Microsoft's Open XML in upcoming vote
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology
(NIST) is backing Microsoft's
effort to certify Office Open
XML as an international
standard.
The U.S. standard body
said on Friday that it has
voted to conditionally approve
Office Open XML (OOXML)
pending some technical
concerns in an upcoming
standards approval vote.
NIST is part
of the committee that will
establish the United States'
position in a September 3 vote
at the International
Organization for
Standardization (ISO).
Microsoft is seeking ISO
standardization as a way to
appeal to government customers
concerned over long-term
archiving of digital
documents. ..
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10.08.2007Influential OSI member attacks Microsoft over OOXML fiasco
Microsoft has been severely criticised by an influential member of the Open Source Initiative over the way it has pursued ISO certification for the
Office Open XML specification.
Eric S Raymond, a founding member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), labelled Microsoft's
behaviour in pushing Office Open XML (OOXML) for fast track ISO certification as "egregious", and said that he was almost ready to recommend that
Microsoft not receive approval from the OSI for the Microsoft Permissive License.
The OSI are the "stewards of the Open Source
Definition (OSD)", and review and approve licences as OSD compliant. Microsoft on 10 August submitted the Microsoft Permissive License for OSI
approval. The OSD is the most widely accepted set of criteria in the IT industry for classifying software as open source...
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03.09.2007Now an official ISO standard, Microsoft's OOXML invites controversy
Although ISO approval was not entirely unanimous, the Microsoft-originated Open Office XML (OOXML) protocol has finally become an international
standard. But the European Commission is investigating whether Microsoft used its market dominance to ensure approval...
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03.04.2008Open XML doc spec rejected
An esoteric but key U.S.
technical standards committee
decided last week not to
endorse Microsoft's Office
Open XML document
specification, increasing the
odds that the U.S. will vote
against approving Open XML as
an open standard next month at
an ISO standards body meeting.
An endorsement by V1,
the technical committee that
advises the InterNational
Committee for Information
Technology Standards (INCITS),
which represents the U.S. on
this issue in the ISO, would
have required a vote of
"approval, with comments"
from two-thirds of the 26
voting members.
According to a blog by Rob
Weir, an IBM employee who is a
member of the V1 committee,
Open XML failed to gain the
necessary votes -- even after
multiple motions...
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17.07.20072007 Office System SDK: Open XML Format SDK 2.0
Open XML is an open ECMA 376 standard and is also approved as the ISO/IEC 29500 standard that defines a set of XML schemas for representing
spreadsheets, charts, presentations, and word processing documents. Microsoft Office Word® 2007, Microsoft Office Excel® 2007, and Microsoft Office
PowerPoint® 2007 all use Open XML as the default file format.
The Open XML file formats are useful for developers because they
use an open standard and are based on well-known technologies: ZIP and XML.
The Open XML Format SDK 2.0 is built on top of the
System.IO.Packaging API and provides strongly typed part classes to manipulate Open XML documents. The SDK also uses the .NET Framework
Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) technology to provide strongly typed object access to the XML content inside the parts of Open XML documents.
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06.09.2008Microsoft Reports Victory in Preliminary ISO Ballot for Office Open XML
BREAKING NEWS - Early this morning, Microsoft reported it had been notified that its Office Open XML format received a 74% positive vote in a
preliminary ballot that could pave the way for its final ratification as an international standard...
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04.09.2007ISO to Fast-Track Office Open XML Process
The head of the International
Standards Organization
committee JTC 1 has given her
official approval to giving
consideration to Microsoft's
Office Open XML document
standard under a fast-track
process. This despite some
opposition, though apparently
fewer formal objections than
had earlier been anticipated...
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13.03.2007Open XML stumbles in India
A technical committee in India unanimously rejected Microsoft's Office Open XML file format as a standard, ahead of a vote on Sept. 2 by the ISO on
whether to approve Open XML as an international standard.
However, the rejection may be temporary should Microsoft meet some of
the objections to Open XML raised by committee members.
The technical committee was set up by the Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS), India's national standards body, which is a founder member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and represents India at
the international standards organization.
"There were a large number of technical objections raised about Open XML, and many of
which Microsoft was not able to address at this point," said D.B. Phatak, professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai. One of the
objections was that Open XML was not fully compatible with OpenDocument Format (ODF), a rival existing ISO standard, he added. IIT Mumbai is a member
of the technical committee...
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24.08.2007Open Office XML standards row heats up
Microsoft is facing growing criticism of its bid to have Office Open XML (OOXML) accepted as an international standard ahead of a crucial vote by the
ISO scheduled for February.
Redmond initially promised that the ISO would have control of OOXML if and when it became a standard.
Critics
reckon Microsoft is now backsliding on this
promise via plans to retain indirect control of the standard through Ecma International, the group that originally rubber stamped OOXML.
The proposals have raised concerns that the ISO would be unable to make OOXML compatible with existing standards, leaving the ISO relegated
to the role of publishing a list of errata (corrections), with Ecma left in charge
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19.12.2007IBM VP: Office OpenXML a dead end, Microsoft will back ODF
Ryan Paul: During the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, I met with Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards. We discussed
document standards and the implications of ISO's controversial decision to grant fast-track approval to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML)
format.
Allegations of procedural irregularities in the OOXML approval process have raised serious questions about the integrity
of ISO. Some national standards bodies complained that their views were disregarded or ignored during the
OOXML ballot resolution meeting
because of unreasonable time constraints. Some critics fear that the problems that arose during the ISO evaluation of OOXML will contribute to
disillusionment and apathy towards open standards.
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14.08.2008Microsoft's Open XML Format Hits Standardization Speed Bump
Microsoft's Office Open XML
format, which was introduced
in Office 2007 and already
certified by European
standards body Ecma
International, hit a speed
bump Friday on its "Fast
Track" process to becoming
a worldwide ISO standard...
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18.07.2007World awaits crucial votes on Microsoft's Open XML
There are two upcoming votes
on the fate of Microsoft's
Office Open XML, a document
format that has brought about
bare-knuckle business tactics
and fierce philosophical
disputes.
Microsoft
is in the process of trying to
gain standard status at the
International Organization for
Standardization, or ISO, a
European standards body which
holds significant weight,
particularly with government
customers.
The
American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) established a
special committee to form the
position of the United States
in that upcoming ISO vote. ..
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25.07.2007ISO Open XML Vote to Be Fast-Tracked
The process towards certifying
the Microsoft-backed Office
Open XML as a standard moved
closer to reality Monday, as
the Ecma standards body said
that the format will be put to
a five-month vote to
standardize it...
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02.04.2007Office Open XML Standards Push Not Dead Yet
Like the Terminator “ just
when the monster machine seems
defeated, it always somehow
rises again “ Microsoft's
push for international
standards status for its
Office document formats
refuses to die.
Just
last week, a committee charged
with deciding whether or not
to recommend that the U.S.
vote in favor of adopting
Microsoft's Office Open XML
(OOXML) formats when the
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
considers them in September,
deadlocked, leaving the
formats' future as an ISO
standard cloudy at best.
Not so, said Microsoft
officials. Indeed, since the
technical committee was unable
to hand up a recommendation,
the executive committee with
responsibility to determine
the U.S.'s response has
decided to move forward on its
own. So Microsoft's
aspirations remain alive.
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21.07.2007Fallout from Office Open XML Vote Continues
The fallout from the events leading up to the recent vote on whether or not to approve Microsoft's Office Open XML documents format as an ISO
standard continues unabated, more than a month after the software maker conceded it had lost that vote.
Work in SC 34, the
committee within the ISO/IEC's Joint Technical Committee 1 that addresses document formats and which has a constant stream of standards under active
consideration and balloting, has come to a complete halt.
The work stoppage is being attributed to the fact that, after the
increase in voting members, known as P members, of SC 34 in the run-up to the ballot on Microsoft's Office OOXML (Open Office XML) submission to the
International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission, those newly minted voting members have not
participated in any of the SC 34 member votes since the OOXML vote.
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