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An Open Document Standard for China

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 2, 2007

“Currently Microsoft is driving a big campaign to get its latest
document format Office Open XML (OOXML) approved as an ISO
standard.

“However, there is already an existing ISO document standard
called OpenDocument Format (ODF). This standard is a product of the
OpenOffice.org project and was created for exactly the same purpose
which, nowadays, Microsoft is trying to serve. So, why does the
world need two similar standards…?”


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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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