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Oracle now charging US$90 for ODF-Office plug-in

Oracle has imposed a fee of US$90 per user on a plug-in for Microsoft Office that was available at no cost under Sun Microsystems' ownership.
OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study

Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).
Danish parliament sets rules for open document formats

The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday.
Alliance says progress shows ODF will prevail

It was a good year for Open Document Format (ODF), which gained support from governments across the world in 2008 as its backers continued to promote it as an international standard for XML-based document exchange, according to the ODF Alliance.
Open XML-ODF saga has may twists

OK, try to follow this: Microsoft has spent the past two years slamming its Open XML file format through the process that makes it an international standard. Along the way, there's been arm-twisting, committee-packing, bribery and other chicanery. But by mid-May, Microsoft was one step away from success.

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