The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) file format as an international standard. OOXML was originally rejected, and won’t be finally adopted if ISO or International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) members file a formal appeal over the next two months.
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This is the first positive step I’ve seen taken by Apple towards making the iPhone a possibility in the secure world of the business enterprise. The rumors have been flying for a while that Apple had licensed Microsoft’s ActiveSync so the iPhone could function on Microsoft Exchange.
The introduction of the iPhone SDK this week verified those rumors. We can’t get too slap happy yet though. Apple has only licensed the protocol. The functionality is not there and won’t be for a couple of versions later in the iPhone. That means at least mid - 2009.
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