I'm getting tired, in answering these things, but, please google, and then,
once found, read:
http://c0t0d0s0.org/archives/6514-About-this-ODF-for-MS-Office-plugin-discussion.html
In simple words:
MS Office (we might not like it, but, still) has implemented ODF saving
starting in Service Pack 2 to Office 2007. So, Office 2007 and 2010 ALREADY
NATIVELY can export in ODF.
So, why shall Oracle still provide a tool for real lazy people for free? Aka
Office 2005 and older? That plugin now is a solution to a problem that's been
solved officially from the original provider for years already...
That's, why it's fairly easy to understand, that, IF someone still really
would need that ODF Plugin from Sun/Oracle, it's a good idea to either point
him to OpenOffice natively (which is free in total) or force him to rethink
his lazyness, by either asking him to pay Oracle 90$ or pay MS some amount of
debt/tax/call-it-what-you-like for an upgrade to MS Office 2007 or 2010.
It's a fair business practice...
Matthias
You (bsd) wrote:
> http://www.osnews.com/story/23181/Oracle_Starts_Charging_90_USD_Per_User_for_ODF_Plugin
>
> Solaris 10 90-day evaluation
> No security patch downloads for free
> ODF plugin $90 (100 min)
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