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Want ODF support in Office right now? Sun says no problem
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| Last week, Microsoft announced plans to add support for the Open Document
| Format (ODF), among other formats, to Office 2007 with the upcoming release
| of Service Pack 2. The tech community quickly responded with mixed feelings,
| but Microsoft paid no notice; the update was going to allow seamless opening,
| editing, and saving Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents using ODF, whether
| people liked it or not. Microsoft told those interested in the move that they
| had to wait until the first half of 2009, and now Sun is telling them that
| next year has come early.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/05/27/want-odf-support-in-office-right-now-sun-says-no-problem
FAQ: Office 14 and Microsoft's support for ODF
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| With its move, "if a government says ODF is our standard, then Microsoft can
| say, 'It's our standard, too,' " Creese said. But why isn't Microsoft
| committing to ODF 1.2? It's supposed to have better accessibility and
| spreadsheet features than ODF 1.1. It is already in the OpenOffice 3.0 beta,
| is expected to be finalized by OASIS this fall and is on target to be
| ratified by ISO next summer.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9089258&intsrc=hm_list
Still roadblocks ahead for OOXML:
OOXML ratification faces delay after objection
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| On Tuesday, an ISO representative told ZDNet UK that the organization will
| not comment on SABS's objection until the appeal deadline closes at the end
| of May.
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http://news.cnet.com/OOXML-ratification-faces-delay-after-objection/2100-1013_3-6240299.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Recent:
BE, NL: governments will not use ISO OOXML
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| Asked to comment on last week's ISO approval for OOXML, Fedict's chief IT
| architect, Peter Strickx, said: "There will have to be multiple
| implementations, in order for us not to become dependent on a single vendor.
| It will also have to be compatible with open standards that we already use,
| in this case Open Document Format ODF."
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7562
DE: German Foreign Ministry will not use ISO OOXML
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| In the weeks prior to the second round of votes last September,
| irregularities were reported in the standard committees in many participating
| countries. These claims continued until after the final discussion, in
| February and March this year.
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| The European Commission has started an investigation into the allegations.
| The Commission sent a letter to all EU national standards committees in
| Europe, requesting information about the process. Sources at the Commission
| declined to comment, as the investigation is on-going and no official
| position has yet been adopted.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7561
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