Why OpenOffice.org? Open Document Formats

Jem Berkes writes "In this current article about OpenOffice.org (also covered at Linux Today), I try to make a point about OpenOffice's commitment to open document formats and interchange as the strongest selling point - never mind cost. The OOo developers are putting a lot of effort into their XML format; will this pay off, and will users notice the significance of OpenDocument/OASIS document formats?" This can't be said enough: file formats are what determine whether and how easily data is portable, or whether the user is just stuck.

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Why do I like OO.o formats?

[Realistic_Dragon]

So for once the unwashed are comming to _me_ saying 'I can't read this'.

If it ever goes away I shall have to switch back to mailing them raw TeX files again.