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You did notice the "currently"...
... in the sentence:

Given that OOXML is the likely de facto standard, ODF by the wayside, wouldn't full interoperability mean that OpenOffice.org was able to do everything Office can using the version of OOXML Microsoft currently uses?

[End quote with typo corrected]

Changing to the approved standard will take time. Before that occurs, whatever Microsoft provides (aside from ODF) is almost certain to be the de facto standard.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 08/20/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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On the outside looking in  D. T. Schmitz | 08/20/08
"I am merely a neutral observer..." Merely?  Anton Philidor | 08/20/08
de facto standard  NetArch. | 08/20/08
You did notice the "currently"...  Anton Philidor | 08/20/08
Why?  zkiwi | 08/20/08
A very interesting dance indeed. Creating operability problems and at the  DonnieBoy | 08/20/08
Paula Rooney, you really don't believe these MS talking points, do you?  zaine_ridling | 08/20/08
RE: Novell look sweeter to IT shops?  geek49203_z | 08/21/08
Backwards!!  techboy_z | 08/21/08
OOXML -- dead format walking?  Ole Man | 08/30/08

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