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SearchOpenSource: Open Source Standard and New Plug-In Present Problems for Microsoft Office

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 10, 2006

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“Microsoft was hit with a one-two punch that could make it
easier than ever for Office suite users to make the jump to open
source.

“The first blow to Office was delivered in March when the
OpenDocument Format Alliance, a consortium of 150 vendors, academic
institutions and government agencies, formed to promote the group’s
publicly accessible namesake and get it ratified by the
International Organization for Standardization…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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