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September 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:49 PM/EST

Microsoft Can Spin but It Can't Hide

Let's see Microsoft spin this one. The vendor failed to get the requisite number of votes for its proposed document format, Open XML, from participating ISO members. eWEEK editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols called the vote this morning: Microsoft loses. ISO,...

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:24 AM/EST

Wherefore Open XML?

From everything I've heard, Microsoft is going down in defeat, however temporary. According to unofficial tallies from standards maven Andy Updegrove, Microsoft will fail to get the necessary two-thirds "Yes" votes to obtain fast-track approval of its Open XML (OOXML)...

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August 15, 2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:58 PM/EST

Xen What Happened?

Well, the ink is barely dry on the new money minted during the VMware IPO yesterday, and that's already so Aug. 14th. Today, the news is that Citrix is acquiring XenSource for a paltry $500 million. Paltry? Half a billion...

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