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:ConsortiumInfo: Microsoft Falls Back Again: Announces ODF Plugin Project
ConsortiumInfo: Microsoft Falls Back Again: Announces ODF Plugin Project
Jul 6, 2006, 21 :30 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (7279 reads)

(Other stories by Andy Updegrove)

"In the latest in a series of concessions to the rising popularity of ODF, Microsoft announced yesterday that it has quietly been supporting the development of its own set of plugins to enable conversion of documents to and from Microsoft Office to software products that support ODF.

"The news is being treated in the press as "new news," but in fact Ray Ozzie let slip mention of the project last October, and an open source converter project was started by the same French company last September 26. I'll more to say about this below, but first, let's briefly review what the press release has to say..."

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I can believe the converting from ODF bu ...   One but not the other....   
da
Jul 6, 2006, 21:44:49
 
I'll bet you're absolutely right ...   Re: One but not the other....   
david
Jul 7, 2006, 02:44:12
 
which is "embrace".Step two is "Extend"  ...   This is only step one ...   
GreyGeek
Jul 7, 2006, 18:55:10
 
Read the announcement and download the c ...   None Event: There is no ODF Support   
Segedunum
Jul 9, 2006, 00:28:33
 
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