Web Kracked wrote: > Manfred J. Krause wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 13:29, James Knott wrote: >> >>> Harold Fuchs wrote: >>> >>>> http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39365418,00.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> It remains to be seen how well they do that. However, that's old news, >>> that was announced quite some time ago. I wonder how their ODF support >>> will compare with the Sun ODF plugin? >>> >> >> Some further links (for those who are interested in Microsoft's road >> of ODF [1.1] implementation) >> -> >> >> (1) >> December 16, 2008 >> ODF 1.1 Implementer Notes for Office 2007 SP2 >> [Document Interoperability Initiative] >> <http://www.documentinteropinitiative.org/> >> >> (2) >> Doug Mahugh - Guiding principles for Office's ODF implementation >> [Published 05 August 08] >> <http://blogs.msdn.com/dmahugh/archive/2008/08/05/guiding-principles-for-office-s-odf-implementation.aspx> >> >> (3) >> MSDN > Forums Home > Open Specifications > >> Office Open Document Format Implementation >> [Discuss technical content and implementation of the Office >> implementation of the ODF 1.1 standard] - >> [opened 2008-12-15] >> <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/os_odf/threads/> >> >> (4) >> OASIS ODF 1.1 >> <http://www.documentinteropinitiative.org/implnotes/oasisodf1.1/P1-0001.0001.aspx> >> >> (5) >> OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC >> <http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office#odf11> >> >> Manfred >> > Well, it is good to see MS "working" on a promise they made in the spring. > In New York State (USA), our lawmakers stated some time ago that they > will be required to have all electronic documents stored/published in an > "Open File Format". With the economy crash, I wonder how long it will > now take. BUT, the commitment to move away from a MS document format > to an open format is encouraging for me. > > Since many of the government agencies of the state has not converted over > to the MS Office 2007 package, and cannot use the service pack to > read/write > the ODF files it is proposed to be able to do, I hope that the budget > crunch will > require the move to OpenOffice.org. The databases are still the > problem, but > most of the database use I have seen has been via a web browser format to > some central location. This does not involve the MS Access formats. > > So it would be nice to see the move. Of course there is the SUN addon. > I have used it in the past on XP, and I may download it again for this > Vista > install, but I hardly ever use MS and it is just as easy to read the > doc file > in OOo 3.x that have MS convert/export/save it in ODT. > > Great job on the links Manfred. > > Tim L. > retired and tired of Microsoft User of older MS Office versions can use the Sun ODF plugin for ODF support. Of course the best solution is to use OpenOffice.org or Star Office.
Sun ODF Plugin: http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin I found the one article about how MS will implement ODF to be interesting. They say they won't create proprietary extensions or otherwise break ODF. We'll see how well they follow through. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
