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ODF Vs. OOXML File Counts On the Web

Posted by kdawson on from the numbers-not-lying dept.

mrcgran writes "In eight months since Office 2007 was released to the general public (10 months since release to enterprise customers), there are fewer than 2,000 of these office documents posted on the Web. In the last three months, 13,400 more ODF documents have been added to the Web, with only 1,329 OOXML documents added. It would be hard for the Microsoft camp to spin ten times as many ODF documents added as OOXML documents, especially since 34% of those new documents were added on Microsoft.com. That isn't what I would call good traction for Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant office suite."

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  1. When standards were determined not by..... by 3seas · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....committee but rather by popular use.....

    ODF is apparently 10 times more a standard than OOXML.

    And I bet its all because its easier to spell.

    1. Re:When standards were determined not by..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      And I bet its all because its easier to spell.

      I tried open office once and it was buggy and crashed a lot. So why should I use the Open Office XML format, when I can use the trusted Office Document Format?

  2. Buffoons... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    In 12 minutes since this post was released 100% have called this a stupid piece of trash. That is hard to put a spin on.

    ***captcha is buffoons***

  3. Re:Microsoft is competing with itself by geekboybt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like, oh, I don't know... ribbons?! That's it! Ribbons! ...crap.