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Docvert 3.0 Lessens Reliance On Microsoft Office
An anonymous reader writes "After 10 months of development Docvert 3.0 was released today. This open source web service converts DOC files to Oasis OpenDocument 1.0, and then to HTML, RSS, or any XML format. Try the ODF demo or download the source and install it on your own box. Version 3.0 comes with an MS Word Plugin, FTP/WebDAV upload, and an in-browser document editor."
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and whimpered at the thought...
To a Lisp hacker, XML is S-expressions in drag.
This is why we oldsters hate Microsoft. 25 YEARS of this.
...when you can have oo-mox?
Chris Mattern
So it looks like the Open Source community is now debugging Microsofts Document format. I am sure Microsoft does not itself know what is going on in here half the time and much of this document was generated by code scrappers looking for structures and interfaces.
Congrats to the world community but they should really submit a bill to Microsoft.
"additional Microsoft technology that must be emulated (but is not covered by the Microsoft patent pledge); elements that can't be implemented without Microsoft technical assistance; dependencies on Windows itself; mandatory bugs; and more. And then there's also the fact that OOXML heavily overlaps ODF -- a platform-independent, already-adopted ISO/IEC."
Pretty much like everything they do.
Wait - where are the virus APIs? Did they leave those out?
Naah...
Gotta be there somewhere. Keep looking.
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
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Why, you could use Office 2007's Auto-Collaborate-Review feature, of course!
> there's also the fact that OOXML heavily overlaps ODF -- a platform-independent, already-adopted ISO/IEC.
Couldn't the Microsoft people use the existing standard instead? That way everyone would be able to communicate. Someone should call to let them know about it.