Doug Mahugh has raised his head above the surface of the ocean to take a breath, I know he has been extremely busy with the prep work for this weeks DII workshop on OpenXML, so it’s good to see him finding a moment to share details of some of the work that is passing across his desk.
His post covers a whole range of items, including details of several ISVs and developers who are continuing their work with OpenXML, building out tools for use by end users and libraries for developers.
One of the items that did stand out for me was originally a post over on Gray Knowlton’s blog.
Gray’s post talks about the ongoing uptake of the OpenXML file format. We have seen significant adoption by our own customers and partners, as you might expect, but it is also good to see that uptake start to be reflected out on the wider internet.
Gray uses the Google search data, which was cited by many during the IS29500 standardization process.
For those interested in reading more you will find Gray’s post on adoption data for Open XML and ODF formats by following this link.