Comments on: Microsoft Apparently Supports OpenDocument Format! http://techrights.org/2008/02/14/microsoft-odf-standards-group/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/02/14/microsoft-odf-standards-group/comment-page-1/#comment-5542 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:22:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/14/microsoft-odf-standards-group/#comment-5542 It is said that Microsoft’s support ODF is inevitable (they will ignore it in order to earn ISO for OOXML).

Either way, when Microsoft finally supports ODF, which I believe it hesitantly will, then people who do not use Microsoft Office will benefit.

]]> By: SubSonica http://techrights.org/2008/02/14/microsoft-odf-standards-group/comment-page-1/#comment-5531 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:48:10 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/14/microsoft-odf-standards-group/#comment-5531 The always had a “B” plan in case things went wrong with the whole ISO fiasco. Thay cannot afford to let public institutions stop buying licences of one of their top cash cows: MS.Office. If ODF is made mandatory by public institutions, probably the biggest Microsoft customer, then, it will be mandatory for Microsoft (for obvious business reasons) to implement native ODF support into MS.Office. remember the ultimate driving force for everthing Microsoft does is money.

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