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OpenDocument Foundation Closes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-bed-without-your-supper dept.

Munchkinguy writes "First, they dropped support for their namesake OpenDocument Format and declared a switch to the W3C's 'Compound Document Format.' Then, W3C's Chris Lilley clarified that CDF 'was not created to be, and isn't suitable for use as, an office format.' Now, the Foundation has mysteriously closed up shop, leaving the following message: 'The OpenDocument Foundation, Inc. is closed. We sincerely wish our friends and associates in the OpenDocument Community all the best and much success going forward. Good-bye and good luck.'"

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  1. Microsoft shut them down by JamesRose · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh come on, you were all thinking it.

  2. Please read previous articles. by Eco-Mono · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For what it's worth to you, it's been known for some time that the Open Document Foundation doesn't represent any actual source of authority vis-a-vis ODF - nobody's really sure what the organization was for to begin with. More info in this (oft-linked) blog entry.

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  3. Re:As fishy as a fishy fisherman's fishy bits by The+Iso · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They were never a "big organisation behind ODF." They were two guys who picked an authoritative-sounding name at got invited to conferences.

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