Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
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Freitag Juni 03, 2005

"Microsoft set to open office via XML formats"
"A potential alternative to Microsoft's formats emerged last week with the news that the Oasis standards group has approved the adoption of the OpenDocument format for office applications as an official standard. [...]

Pryke-Smith said Microsoft would not be adopting OpenDocument, citing backwards compatibility concerns, but did say the company will watch to see how adoption of the standard develops. "We'll respond to customer demand on that," he said. "Our main focus is serving our existing customer base."

It is hardly surprising that Microsoft's file formats have become the de facto standard, given Microsoft's dominant position in the Office applications market, but things could slowly begin to change now that OpenDocument is an Oasis standard, particularly if it gets mandated in the public sector."

The full article can be found here.
( Jun 03 2005, 12:12:06 PM CEST ) Permalink

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