Microsoft Gives Government Access to Office 2003 Code
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Microsoft Corp., the world&#39;s biggest software company, said it will make the source code for its Office 2003 software available as part of a government security program.
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Code that claims to partially exploit a weakness in Microsoft software&#39;s handling of image files has been published on the Internet.
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An update to Office 2008 will address glitches in the installation process, Microsoft says.
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Redmond software company Microsoft Corp. said it will add the source code of its Office 2003 flagship software suite to its program for sharing the details of its products with government entities.
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In another carefully timed move to garner support for its document format still under consideration for an international standard, Microsoft today altered the terms under which use of its Office Open XML format by developers is permitted.
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Responding to government requests for  interoperability, Microsoft Corp.  said on Thursday it  will offer free software that will allow Word, Excel and  PowerPoint to handle documents in rival technology formats.
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As a result of the ongoing success of the Microsoft Government Security Program (GSP) and positive feedback from governmental entities, Microsoft has announced it will offer access to the source code of its flagship desktop offering, Microsoft Office 2003
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Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.
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The newest service pack for Office 2003 kills access to older files -- including some documents created by the company's own programs -- to better protect user security, according to an IT evangelist for Microsoft.
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New service offers 2GB of storage and a copy of Outlook 2003.
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Trying to head off growing competition from open-source rivals, Microsoft is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints.
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Office, Microsoft Corp.&#39;s collection of programs for business documents and tasks, is fast becoming a software platform unto itself.
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More than 60 governments and international organizations will be permitted to view the proprietary code for the latest version of Office.
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Deal with Microsoft will allow users to access e-mail without third-party software.
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Microsoft Corp. has begun providing free tools so government organizations can better share technological information, in a move it says is aimed at helping cash-strapped customers save money.
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InfoWorld - Sun&#160;has created software that will provide translation between the file format in Microsoft&#39;s Office 2003 suite and ODF (Open Document Format for XML). The plug-in lets people who use computers with assistive technologies to access documents written in ODF.
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Microsoft is testing a new subscription hotmail service that includes 2Gbytes of e-mail storage and a copy of Outlook 2003 to access the service from the desktop.