“But there are also versions of ODF that are not fueled by
vendor funding, and the most fully developed of those offerings is
KOffice, an open-source office suite developed by the KDE (K
Development Environment) project, which has been hard at work
developing a free, open desktop environment and development
platform since 1996 that runs on many UNIX variants, including
Linux. A few weeks ago, KDE announced the release of KOffice 1.5,
which achieves a high degree of support for ODF.“In this extensive interview, I explore with Inge Wallin, the
KOffice Promotions Lead, how KOffice is different from the other
major office productivity releases that support ODF, which users
may find it most appropriate to their needs, in what directions
future development will proceed, and much more…”