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OpenDocument Foundation To Drop ODF

Posted by kdawson on from the microsoft-cheering-from-the-sidelines dept.

poet sends us to Computerworld for a story on the intention of the OpenDocument Foundation to drop support for Open Document Format, OASIS and ISO standards not withstanding, in favor of the Compound Documents Format being promoted by the W3C. The foundation's director of business affairs, Sam Hiser, dropped this bomb in a blog posting a couple of weeks ago. Hiser believes CDF has a better shot at compatibility with Microsoft's OOXML, and says that the foundation has been disappointed with the direction of ODF over the last year.

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  1. Re:OpenDocument Foundation? by Reaperducer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is there going to be film at 11?
    If you set your wayback machine to 1978.
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  2. Re:Who the hell pays retail list? by Arterion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Besides why should I spend $399 for Vista ultimate when I can get Leopard ultimate for $129 and Neo Office J for free?
    Because you'll have to pay a considerable premium for Apple hardware to run it on? And if cost is an issue, you can't ignore that. Also, how does it relate to being a homeowner?
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