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  • Open XML @ TechEd Europe 2007

    In a few days one of the biggest IT events in Europe is starting: TechEd Developers and the TechEd IT Forum . Come join many professionals and learn about new and current technologies. I will be attending TechEd Developers, together with a few collegues...
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  • Откройте XML в России

    Я весьма горд объявить российский выпуск Открытого XML Объясненная книга. Есть другие переводы в создании и немногих доступный уже. Очень прохладный! Я надеюсь, что Вы любите читать маленькую книгу и что это обеспечивает немного ценных пониманий в мир...
    Published 26-10-2007 7:23 by Anonymous
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  • Open XML in Healthcare

    Just learned from Microsoft that the white-paper on Open XML in healthcare is available on MSDN. The goal of the whitepaper is to show how Open XML can increase the portability of health records and empower the end-user in the tooling that they are familiar...
    Published 24-10-2007 7:53 by Anonymous
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  • OpenOffice developer strikes out at Sun

    Funny to see that Microsoft software is called 'closed', and they are always accused of overly protecting their markets. This is from one of the OO developers: But I’d love to be proven wrong. I’d love to be proven that Sun still are...
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  • Get a hard-copy of the Open XML - The Markup Explained book

    The fruits of my labor are finally getting there. I just learned from Doug that he'll be sending over a container ship with hard-copies of my first book on Open XML. This means I can finally satisfy the overwhelming demand of people wanting to get...
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  • Come jump in with me

    Thinking of leaping into .NET, Open XML, or SharePoint? Not sure where to start? Come jump in with me!
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  • 75% approve in the States

    Just in: http://ballot.itic.org/itic/tallyvote.taf?function=vote&committee=INCITS&ballot_id=2341&_UserReference=96EBDF227BF339D246CE4E20 It appears that the INCITS will move to vote Approve with Comments. The latest ballot resulted in 12 approves...
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  • A funny spin

    While checking up on my RSS feeds I came across this one which has a great quote. "So we have language. And, although specialists may disagree, the English language allows us to express ourselves effectively. I propose to abolish all other languages...
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  • Germany to vote 'approve with comments'

    From Hans Bos: http://vacant.spaces.live.com/default.aspx and he finishes: So Germany is aiming to have its cake and eat it too: approve on the standard and having it's comments addressed. I wish we did... and for the German speaking crowd: http:...
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  • Balancing out

    Given the fact that opinions tend to differ, here's a few blog posts from other committee members that I am aware of. ISOC: http://isoc.nl/michiel/nodecisiononOOXML.htm Microsoft: http://vacant.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2526F2136E321C7E!283.entry Did...
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  • Gnumeric not able to open a spreadsheet?

    One of the things I mentioned is that there are implementations of Open XML right now, and more will come in the future. An example is Gnumeric , a free fast and accurate (according to them :) spreadsheet tool that you can get for free. Within our Dutch...
    Published 15-08-2007 8:48 by Anonymous
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  • Get the first Open XML book free!

    Doug has been so kind to get the Open XML Explained book online on OpenXMLDeveloper.org ! No payment required, nada, niente. The soft- code cover costs exactly the same, but is a little harder to come by in the wild (I have my copy :) Did I also mention...
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  • Package Explorer 3.0 RC1

    With some pride I bring you the next version of Package Explorer . The beta given out earlier gave a slight preview of the direction being headed in, but now the application is feature complete and I can show off some more UI and features. The goal of...
  • Spreadsheet formulas and PHP

    One of the things that I tell in my Open XML workshops is that when you insert a new row in a spreadsheet, before rows that have formulas in them, you probably have to manually update those formulas since they now reference rows that have moved because...
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  • First signs of sensibility

    From Doug's blog: A month ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts posted a draft of its revised Enterprise Technical Reference Model (ETRM) policy, requesting comments from the public. As I noted in a post on June 30 , "The ETRM (Enterprise Technical...
    Published 02-08-2007 8:33 by Anonymous
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