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ODF Offers MS Word Plugin to MA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the state-has-a-friend dept.

Goalie_Ca writes "Groklaw just posted that the OpenDocument Foundation is offering Massachusetts a plugin that could 'allow Microsoft Office to easily open, render, and save to ODF files, and also allow translation of documents between Microsoft's binary (.doc, .xls, .ppt) or XML formats and ODF ... The testing has been extensive and thorough. As far as we can tell there isn't a problem, even with Accessibility add ons, which as you know is a major concern for Massachusetts.'"

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  1. Hilarious! by Vengeance · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft can't/won't provide interoperability tools, but the ODF (an organization with far more money, right?) is able to do it.

    I love it.

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    It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
  2. Heh.. by the_skywise · · Score: 5, Funny

    Embrace and Extend...

  3. too easy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    As far as we can tell there isn't a problem, even with Accessibility add ons, which as you know is a major concern for Massachusetts.

    I've met plenty of people from Massachusetts. I can imagine the Accessibility add-ons would be crucial there.

  4. This time with help from ODF, by towsonu2003 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Microsoft wins yet again:
    FTFA: So, to Microsoft: never mind. You don't need to lift a finger.
  5. Re:Don't worry by hotspotbloc · · Score: 3, Funny
    Microsoft will make sure this plugin won't work well for a long time ;)

    From the old days: "DOS ain't done 'till Lotus won't run".

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    "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity but they've always worked for me" - HST
  6. MOD PARENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    it comes packaged in the same box as Duke Nukem Forever and the phantom console

  7. Re:"MA" is a postal code, but... by analog_line · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a conversation concerning the requirement of systems to use standards in order to be conisidered acceptable, it helps to not counter your entire culture by declaring unilaterally that you choose to ignore your own mandated standards.

    You're not from Massachussetts, are you. We invented the gerrymander here for goodness sake.

  8. Re:That New Office Interface by twistedcubic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you think Clippy was the result of "usability testing"?