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Why OpenOffice.org? Open Document Formats

Posted by timothy on from the file-formats-rule-the-world dept.

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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  1. Can I open a .SXW in MS Word yet? by evilad · · Score: 0, Troll

    If the argument is portability, then surely I should be able to open this "portable" document format in what is (sadly) the most widely used office suite, not so?