Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft

Yeti7226 sends word of a discussion coming up Wednesday in the parliament of The Netherlands that could result in mandated use of Open Document Format at government agencies there. If the plan is enacted, public-sector organizations, as well as the government, would have to transition to using ODF by 2010. Microsoft Netherlands has lobbied hard against the provision. Backers say it doesn't exclude Microsoft, because ODF can be produced out of MS Office via the use of plugins. A funder of the OpenDoc Society invited Microsoft to join that organization, saying: "This plan is not about Microsoft, it's about ensuring the perpetual availability of data without any obstacles."

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[Shados]

You mention that it has all changed with 2007, that people are looking at alternatives or downgrading like they are with Vista, you never explain where the hell you're getting that from?

2007 is perfectly backward compatible, 2003 is forward compatible... so I don't see why because of 2007, someone would buy 2003?