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OpenDocument Gains New Fans

Posted by Zonk on from the you're-nobody-till-somebody-loves-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The OpenDocument format is gathering steam, as several influential companies seek an alternative to Microsoft Office." From the article: "The ODF Summit brought together representatives from a handful of industry groups and from at least 13 technology companies, including Oracle, Google and Novell. That stepped-up commitment from major companies comes amid signs that states are considering getting behind OpenDocument. James Gallt, the associate director for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, said Wednesday that there are a number of state agencies are exploring the use of the document format standard."

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  1. Why .. by slizz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is this story posted in the Linux section?

  2. Re:Unfortunately... by denis-The-menace · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ..the MOD system is broke
    Watch as this post gets modded to +5 for nothing!

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  3. Re:The ball is rolling... by RodRandom · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Open Office runs like a dog on my Win 2K computer at work. It takes forever to load and some functions that should appear virtually instantaneous take seconds to carry out or fail altogether.

    I love the functionality of the package, especially the promise it holds out of a ready path to single-source publicaton. But if it takes replacing existing hardware and OS on all the desktops--and retraining or replacing the entire PC support operation--the cost advantage becomes a huge deficit and my ill-tempered government client won't consider switching.