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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.'"

8 of 177 comments (clear)

  1. They released a formal statement.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But it was in .docx format, so no one is able to open it.

  2. Another FUD bites the dust ... by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    [chorus]

    dum, dum, dum, another FUD bites the dust.
    dum, dum, dum, another FUD bites the dust.
    And another one gone, and another one gone,
    another FUD bites the dust
    Hey, I'm gonna see it on youtube
    another FUD bites the dust

    How do you think OpenDoc Foundations gonna get along
    When the M$ bux are gone?
    You got all the FUD that they could give,
    And kicked them out when you were done.

    Are you happy? Are you satisfied?
    How long can M$ stand the heat?
    Out of Redmond, the chairs do fly,
    To the sound of the FUD beat [chorus]

    dum, dum, dum, another FUD bites the dust.
    dum, dum, dum, another FUD bites the dust.
    And another one gone, and another one gone,
    another FUD bites the dust
    Hey, I'm gonna see it on youtube
    another FUD bites the dust

  3. Foundation has no official status by ral315 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As was said in the last story, the OpenDocument Foundation has no official status -- it was merely a group founded by a few guys who have changed their minds about OpenDocument (whether they were paid to do so or not, no one knows). The closure of the Foundation has no impact, other than the ability for OOXML supporters to spread FUD headlines like this.

  4. 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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  5. Who cares? by NetCow · · Score: 5, Informative

    The "Open Document Foundation" is and was never a crucial part of anything. The Open Document Format was developed by OASIS - see http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.1/OS/OpenDocument-v1.1-html/OpenDocument-v1.1.html/.

  6. rather tag it "!thisodf" by Janek+Kozicki · · Score: 5, Informative

    because it is NOT this ODF (the ISO standard (almost?), by OASIS) everyone knows about. Just some stupid group of people with same name.

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  7. In other news.... by LingNoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I just made a new organisation called the Open Document Format Gathering and we are now closing because ODF sucks / whatever.. now give me my Microsoft check...

  8. As fishy as a fishy fisherman's fishy bits by CarpetShark · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know why you'd be suspicious. Huge evil megacorp, known for bribery and corruption, is facing it's worst nightmare in the form of ODF. It's tried everything to get rid of it, and ODF is still slowly but surely progressing. Suddenly, one of the big organisations behind ODF declares that ODF is somehow a failure when it's on top, and then decides to blink out of existence altogether.

    Nope. Nothing fishy there. I'm sure the OpenDoc Foundation just accidentally ate a ring of teleportation or something.