On Saturday 24 May 2008 18:53:33 Graham Lauder wrote:
On Thursday 22 May 2008 14:02:21 Ian McDonald wrote:
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> wrote:
2008/5/22 Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz>:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080521-office-2007-to-gain-nati ve -odf-support-early-next-year.html
As I keep saying I think Microsoft is heading down a more open path. Sure they're not there yet but this is a good move. It wasn't that long ago that Sun was a closed source company (think Solaris, Java).
I'd like to believe it, but so soon after the OOXML fiasco it's pretty hard to swallow. My prediction is that MS Office will support an 'improved ODF' with features 'designed to preserve legacy document formats'.
Time will tell..
I'd rather have OOXML as a standard than not at all.... Microsoft already have to change Office to cater for flaws found in standardisation process - said will be in next service pack.
A bit more commentary from Andy Updegrove http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080521092930... -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Moderator New Zealand www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR Gear for the well dressed OOo Advocate www.ooogear.co.nz