“Microsoft’s pledge to provide open-source plug-ins that form a
bridge between the Open Document Format (ODF) and its own Open XML
format caused a stir among standards experts from companies that
back ODF.“Executives with Sun Microsystems and IBM, two of the most vocal
opponents of Microsoft’s heretofore staunch refusal to back ODF,
indicated Microsoft’s reluctant olive branch was bittersweet.“Here’s the rundown…”
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