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Study Touting OOXML Over ODF Is Debunked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-the-bread-is-buttered dept.

The Burton Group, an IT research company, published a study urging that enterprise organizations adapt OOXML rather than ODF. Their reasons include things like "ODF is controlled indirectly by Sun," "MS Office is cheaper than OpenOffice.org," and "OOXML improved many problems of DOC." The Burton Group also claims that although ODF is well-designed, OOXML is better suited for the specific needs of enterprise organizations. The study claims to be impartial in that Microsoft didn't pay for it. Ars Technica now has up a pretty thorough debunking of the Burton study. Ars wonders how the Burton authors can so blithely overlook Microsoft's vote-buying in Sweden, while wielding unfounded accusations of chicanery in Sun's direction.

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  1. Ron Paul by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only one who read "Ryan Paul" as "Ron Paul"?

  2. Re:Why by The+MAZZTer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Adobe Reader will no longer print PDFs. I have no idea why. It claims I need to install a printer, but I already have plenty installed, thanks. I do turn the print spooler service off when I'm not using it, which CAN result in that message, but it's not a Windows message but a Adobe Reader one. Not to mention that I do turn the service on even before running Adobe Reader.

    Also, GMail and Yahoo Mail now block PDFs apparently (I tried to send it to someone else to print it for me).

    As of now, I still haven't gotten the stupid thing to print.

  3. qwerty by Sithgunner · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    qwerty