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KOffice To Use Open Office File Format

Posted by simoniker on from the k-for-double-good dept.

InodoroPereyra writes "This article at The Dot indicates that the KOffice developers decided to switch to the Open Office file format (OASIS) for their next major release. Excellent news both for KOffice, which will benefit from OpenOffice's excellent filters, and for the GNU/Linux Desktop users in general, who will benefit from a unified file format standard between these office suites."

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  1. That other office suite by __past__ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let's wait how long it takes that other office suite vendor to see the light. After all, they are an OASIS member themselves...

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  2. Let's hope this will be the new trend by tsa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is very good news. Finally we have a choice between different word processors that use the same format. I think this can certainly help organizations in their decision to migrate or not to migrate to Linux. Let's hope this will be the new trend for the future.

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  3. One format... by shfted! · · Score: 5, Funny

    One format to rule them all,
    One format to find them,
    One format to bring them all,
    And in the saving lose all formatting.

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  4. Abiword by aderuwe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I guess we should be poking the Abiword developers now to do the same.

  5. Electronic Publishing by SgtChaireBourne · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Yes, let's hope this will be a new trend. The last round of open standards (e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP + HTML) brought a lot of good, especially HTML. I'm curious to see where this step will lead.

    I suspect that it is also a big step closer to electronic documents with a long shelf life. This may lead towards electronic publishing where well-formed and, possibly, valid documents become the norm. Even if the structures are rudimentary, this still will help portability and retrieval.

    Right now, [X]HTML and PDF are only part way there. PDF is useful for rapid dissemination, but can more or less be thought of as a compact form of paper. Most HTML document are neither well-formed nor valid and often too dependent on transient constellations of technologies. So, a format like this will let organizations choose tools suited for their specific needs and tasks.

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