IBM is adopting OpenDocument Format (ODF) for the first generally available release of its network-based collaboration and office productivity suite.
The timing of IBM's announcement is designed to capitalize on debate and concern over the openness of file formats in Microsoft's Office, and appeal to governments in emerging markets like China and India as they start to digitize their data. Extract from http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2005/12/05/ibm_office_odf/ G/LUG members using OpenOffice.org 2.0 must have noticed that it uses ODF as its default file format, i.e. .odt for text, .ods for spreadsheet, .odp for presentation etc. Zaheer M K GNU/Linux user #351122 Registered at http://counter.li.org -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20051206/c68010a1/attachment.htm
