Comments on: Malaysia looks at OOXML (and it doesn’t like what it sees) http://techrights.org/2007/05/23/ooxml-malaysia/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/05/23/ooxml-malaysia/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 24 May 2007 11:12:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/23/ooxml-malaysia/#comment-769 Google Apps and Lotus will be using ODF, <em>at least</em> as an option. IBM stated this months ago and Google joined the ODF Alliance not so long ago. It then began working with Sun on document compatibility. Google Apps and Lotus will be using ODF, at least as an option. IBM stated this months ago and Google joined the ODF Alliance not so long ago. It then began working with Sun on document compatibility.

]]> By: Yoon Kit http://techrights.org/2007/05/23/ooxml-malaysia/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Yoon Kit Thu, 24 May 2007 10:27:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/23/ooxml-malaysia/#comment-768 Although Novell and Apple sit in the MSOOXML TC45 at Ecma and provide "support" in creating translators to and from ODF, I dont see them adopting MSOOXML as a native file format. MSOOXML may have supporters but they dont have the their "contributors" adopting it. Compare that with OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Novell OpenOffice.org (same codebase, but 3 different "distributors") and KOffice. ODF is used as a NATIVE file format. By default. Abiword is working towards it. Im not sure what IBM would be going with its Lotus / Workplace products, but it wouldnt be surprising if they too have the option to allow ODF as their native file formats. Even Microsoft dissuades its users in using MSOOXML for Excel spreadsheets. yk. Although Novell and Apple sit in the MSOOXML TC45 at Ecma and provide “support” in creating translators to and from ODF, I dont see them adopting MSOOXML as a native file format.

MSOOXML may have supporters but they dont have the their “contributors” adopting it. Compare that with OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Novell OpenOffice.org (same codebase, but 3 different “distributors”) and KOffice. ODF is used as a NATIVE file format. By default. Abiword is working towards it. Im not sure what IBM would be going with its Lotus / Workplace products, but it wouldnt be surprising if they too have the option to allow ODF as their native file formats.

Even Microsoft dissuades its users in using MSOOXML for Excel spreadsheets.

yk.

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