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DESCRIPTION:Under the leadership of Bill Gates\, Microsoft has become one o
 f the most profitable companies in the history of the world. There are man
 y keystones to Microsoft's continuing lock-in as a convicted (yet untramme
 led) monopolist in the personal-computer software market. One of the most 
 important of these keystones\, and one which is a matter of personal exper
 ience for many of us\, is their control over access to the information we 
 store in digital documents. Microsoft Word\, by default\, stores documents
  in a proprietary format which can only be read reliably by other copies o
 f the same version of Word. Therefore\, almost everyone who works in any k
 ind of office needs to purchase an up-to-date copy of Microsoft Word in or
 der to be able to access these documents. The seminar will present some te
 chnical background on ODF\, as well as OOXML\, Microsoft's response to ODF
 . The current status of these formats with regards to international standa
 rd-setting bodies such as ISO will be described. The political environment
  surrounding government decisions to adopt ODF will be reviewed\, with par
 ticular attention to recent developments in the Commonwealth of Massachuse
 tts and the People's Republic of China. Opinions expressed by the presente
 rs are their own and not necessarily those of their employer\, IEEE\, or t
 he sponsors.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dave Scholl\, \n\nAgenda: \n5:30pm food 6:30pm
  presentation\n\n
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SUMMARY:ODF: How a Digital Document Format is Threatening a Multibillion-Do
 llar Monopoly (and what you can do to help)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/8
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br />Under the leadership of Bill Gates\, Microsof
 t has become one of the most profitable companies in the history of the wo
 rld. There are many keystones to Microsoft's continuing lock-in as a convi
 cted (yet untrammeled) monopolist in the personal-computer software market
 . One of the most important of these keystones\, and one which is a matter
  of personal experience for many of us\, is their control over access to t
 he information we store in digital documents. Microsoft Word\, by default\
 , stores documents in a proprietary format which can only be read reliably
  by other copies of the same version of Word. Therefore\, almost everyone 
 who works in any kind of office needs to purchase an up-to-date copy of Mi
 crosoft Word in order to be able to access these documents. \n\nThe semina
 r will present some technical background on ODF\, as well as OOXML\, Micro
 soft's response to ODF. The current status of these formats with regards t
 o international standard-setting bodies such as ISO will be described. The
  political environment surrounding government decisions to adopt ODF will 
 be reviewed\, with particular attention to recent developments in the Comm
 onwealth of Massachusetts and the People's Republic of China.\n\nOpinions 
 expressed by the presenters are their own and not necessarily those of the
 ir employer\, IEEE\, or the sponsors. <br /><br />Agenda: <br />5:30pm foo
 d\n6:30pm presentation
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