Leopard to Natively Support ODF
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| OpenDocument took another step away from obscurity Tuesday, as Apple
| confirmed that Mac OS X version 10.5 -- known as "Leopard" -- will natively
| support ODF files, alongside Microsoft's Word 2007 formats. Apple had
| previously added support for the format in its Pages word processing
| application.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Leopard_to_Natively_Support_ODF/1192634927
Recent:
Mac OS X version of OpenOffice slated for next September
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| A version of the free OpenOffice.org productivity suite that will work
| natively on Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system may finally be ready in
| September 2008.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9037498
Related:
Apple Beats Microsoft at its Own Open XML Game
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| Apple Inc.'s release of iWork '08 this week is "embarrassing," an analyst
| said Friday, not for its maker, but for Apple's rival, Microsoft Corp.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135849-c,techindustrytrends/article.html
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| "[Microsoft:] For example, we should take the lead in establishing a common
| approach to UI and to interoperability (of which OLE is only a part). Our
| efforts to date are focussed too much on our own apps, and only incidentally
| on the rest of the industry. We want to own these standards, so we should
| not participate in standards groups. Rather, we should call 'to me' to the
| industry and set a standard that works now and is for everyone's
| benefit. We are large enough that this can work."
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http://www.os2site.com/sw/info/comes/px09509.zip
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