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Docvert 3.0 Lessens Reliance On Microsoft Office

Posted by kdawson on from the weaning dept.

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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  1. I originally read OOXML ... by alispguru · · Score: 5, Funny

    as:

    Object
    Oriented
    X
    M
    L

    and whimpered at the thought...

    --

    To a Lisp hacker, XML is S-expressions in drag.
  2. Open Source community debugs MS code by RichMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  3. Yeah, that's a Microsoft product alright by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 3, Funny

    "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!
  4. Re:What, like... (Oops, forgot, no xml tags.) by Mythrix · · Score: 5, Funny


    <microsoft_word_document>
    (Content of .doc file)
    </microsoft_word_document>

  5. Re:Divy it up? by Dragged+Down+by+the · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why, you could use Office 2007's Auto-Collaborate-Review feature, of course!