Update on the MS Office ODF plugin
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| Edwards (ODF Foundation) added, "Here's the thing. Google Pack is a
| free download. It does an amazing job of preparing Win32 based desktops
| for life on the Open Internet. Google Pack even goes so far as to harden
| these insecure desktops so that users can traffic the great global
| infogrid without worry. Google Pack fixes many of the problems the
| average Windows bound user must overcome before they can fully experience
| the wonders of life on the Open Internet."
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| "We at the OpenDocument Foundation fully believe that the great herd ofo
| ver 600 million Win32 desktop users should not have to rip out and
| replace their vested Windows desktop and MSOffice bound systems simply
| to experience the wonders Open Internet. Our ODF Plugin targets a meager4
| 50 million of those Win32 bound desktops -- the ones bound to MSOffice
| productivity environments. And even though the ODF Plugin breaks theu
| pgrade cycle of version madness, and enables users to transition to at
| ruly open portable document file format without any loss of fidelity or
| disruption of current business processes, we really need the overall
| Win32 environment hardened and made Open Internet ready. After all,
| that's the environment the plugin must live in if it's to service the
| needs of the beloved 450."
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5693053677.html
So existing Office users may be able to go Open, and then also [F/f]ree, with
OpenOffice.
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