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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.