I know it's off topic, but...

[James Knott]

Mel Wilson wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:42:17PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
>>> It's nice to see Microsoft finally supporting ODF.  Not only are 
>>> they supporting it, but doing so before OOXML will be supported!
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx 
>>>
>>>
>>> There have been several other news articles today reporting on 
>>> this.  Check groklaw.net for links.
>>
>> If they ever actually show it in a working state, then I will believe
>> it.  Until then, it's just a distraction.  Nothing more.
>
> I rather think it's their only hope.  According to latest two articles 
> in the blog "An Antic Disposition" <http://www.robweir.com/blog/> even 
> OOXML can't be shown in a working state.
>

I suspect, or at least hope, that with that and:
1) EU pressure
2) Outrage over OOXML & ISO
3) Customer pressure
they've realized the time has come to properly support ODF.

Just watch out for the flying pigs!  ;-)


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