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OpenDocument Now Published ISO Standard

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-long-long-road dept.

bobibobi writes "After months of revisions, OpenDocument receives status of a full published standard. The various stages of a standard's "stage code are also online." The OpenDocument standard has been developed by a variety of organizations and is publicly accessible. This means it can be implemented into any system, be it free software/open source or a closed proprietary product, without royalties.

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  1. Microsoft? by sarathmenon · · Score: 1, Troll

    We'll soon see the flurry of fud from them - ISO standards mean nothing much, we're all about lowering tco etc ... But seriously, what difference does it make to anyone? I've been using odt long before and that's not going to change. Those big corporations with a billion dollar budget were using Word since decades. I don't see how that's going to change either.

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    Microsoft: "You've got questions. We've got dancing paperclips."
    1. Re:Microsoft? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      We'll soon see the flurry of fud from them - ISO standards mean nothing much, we're all about lowering tco etc ... But seriously, what difference does it make to anyone? I've been using odt long before and that's not going to change. Those big corporations with a billion dollar budget were using Word since decades. I don't see how that's going to change either.

      Honestly - how is the parent modded "troll".?

      This is a perfect example of some whistle-dick using his/her moderator points to bury opinions with which he disagrees.

      Meta-moderate whenever you can.

  2. Help me by suv4x4 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm losing the point of what Microsoft is doing. If they wanna be so friggin closed and proprietary, what's with the public domains and ISO/ECMA standardization of many of their core assets.

    itsatrap or itsanewmicrosoft?