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Microsoft to Support ODF via Plug-In

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-nice-news dept.

Apache4857 writes "It appears that Microsoft has finally caved. BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft is sponsoring an open source project to enable conversion between Open XML in Office 2007 and OpenDocument formats. The project, hosted on Sourceforge.net, made its initial release today. The Word 2007 conversion utility is expected to ship ship by the end of 2006, and similarly conversion utilities for Excel and PowerPoint are expected early next year." See the announcement in Brian Jones' blog (Jones is the Microsoft program manager responsible for Office file formats).

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  1. It was out love that did it! by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    A spokesperson for Microsoft was quoted as saying "Well...we weren't going to do it at first. But then the gang over at /. asked us too, and we just can't say no to those guys after all the love they've shown us in the past."

    -Eric

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  2. Obligatory Russian Reverse by gnarlin · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia Microsoft suppor.... Oh, wait!?

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  3. Re:And the reason was ... by Atzanteol · · Score: 3, Funny

    Belium and Massachusetts ... Sound[sic] like Europe has become the fighter of freedom of the people.

    Since when did Massachusetts join the EU?

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