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The Future Is Open: The OpenDocument Format

Posted by michael on from the backward-compatible dept.

Daniel Carrera writes "I've written an article for Groklaw describing the OpenDocument format: 'I asked Daniel Carrera, an OpenOffice.org volunteer, if he'd please explain the OpenDocument format. How does a format get chosen? And is OpenDocument on the list of acceptable formats for governments like the State of Massachusetts? We are all concerned about proprietary formats and standards, and more and more governments are adopting policies requiring open standards, it's a very important subject.' It's currently being considered by the EU Commission as a candidate for an official format."

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  1. To summarize: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Useless bullshit about standards. MS Office still rules the world.

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  2. Re:.txt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    What you call "Fancing formating" is part of making it readable, you fucking nerd.

    As you're a fucking nerd though, maybe you'll appreciate that txt and pdf lack the document structure necessary for computer processing, meaning that as an interchange format you'll need people to do what computers could do automatically if the source document had this structure.

  3. Re:It has always baffled me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe because Open Office SUCKS ASS compared to MS OFFICE??