On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:15:04 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft-led project to deliver on ODF
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>| Microsoft later this month plans to release a converter that will let
>| Word users open documents saved in the OpenDocument format.
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> http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6125699.html
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> This is probably good news and it will annul issues of interchanging some
> data between Linux and Windows users.
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> Also last night:
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> Microsoft Office Migration May Cost $50 bln
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>| As consumers and businesses anticipate Microsoft's next generation
>| office software, one research group is contending that back-end
>| infrastructure upgrades may cost organizations over $50 billion.
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> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20061013/microsoft-office-exchange-server.htm
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> OpenOffice (natural 'out of the box' choice for Linux) seems a cost-saving
> option that can no longer be ignored by businesses.
If they are on Software Assurance, it won't cost them anything more than
they're alrady paying.
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