Well, except that Office 2007+ has ODF support built in (granted, with spreadsheets it's complete & total crap, but I believe it works with word processing docs). And aren't there other plugins too?
Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care." ---William Safire On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-start-charging-for-Sun-s-Office-ODF-plug-in-981132.html >> >> Brilliant! >> >> (Yes, that's sarcasm) > > It may not be such a bad move. There have been at least three options > for when someone who has MS Office gets an ODF document: > > 1) install the ODF plugin > 2) install OpenOffice.org or use the Portable Apps version > 3) request the document as an MS Office file > > Option 3 gets annoying quickly and doesn't always work. Option 1 has > always been a kludge and with it becoming $90, option 2 just got > really attractive. > > Regards, > - Robert > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
