Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office
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| Sun Microsystems is releasing a plug-in for Microsoft Office
| 2003 that will allow two-way compatibility with the OpenDocument
| Format, the company announced Wednesday.
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| ODF was made an official standard by the Organization for the Advancement
| of Structured Information Standards in May 2005 and by the International
| Organization for Standardization in May 2006.
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http://news.com.com/Sun+to+release+ODF+translator+for+Microsoft+Office/2100-1012_3-6157189.html
Facilitating interoperability with Linux and elevating alternatives to
Microsoft Office.
Related:
Sun slams Ecma's OpenXML OK
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2170681/sun-slams-ecma-openxml-ok
Let There Be Light: Promoting OpenOffice.org with Sun
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| To compound its problems, Microsoft must also convince users that
| their current version of Microsoft Office is somehow lacking, and
| in desperate need of an upgrade...
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| [...]
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| There will probably never be a better moment than now to convert
| Microsoft Office users to free software.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000179
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