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They will support ODF through 3rd party filters, so they say.
Microsoft wants to make sure that ODF is treated like a 2nd class citizen. They will try to make sure things don't work exactly right with ODF.

Microsoft realizes that with a standard format, they would be forced to compete on the merits.
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LOL, they published it in PDF, a real standard.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/03/06
Since you asked  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
Sounds like a good excuse.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/03/06
Are you working with DRAMs? nt  michael_t | 05/03/06
Aren't we all?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
yes: Jedec (nt)  michael_t | 05/03/06
*sigh*  zkiwi | 05/03/06
C&C  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
You guys quit pickin' on Axey!  OButterball | 05/03/06
Man there is a picture I Didn't need  OldMarine | 05/04/06
Anyway you cut it, they don't use ODF.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/03/06
Vas you dere, Sharley?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
Then why on earth  zkiwi | 05/03/06
ODF like .doc, isn't the right standard here, it is for editible documents.  DonnieBoy | 05/04/06
Yeah Donnie  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 05/04/06
PDF is for non-editable documents to maintain exact printing.  DonnieBoy | 05/03/06
Congrats Donnieboy!  George Mitchell | 05/04/06
No Ax, put your money where your mouth is....  tic swayback | 05/04/06
"Microsoft said it will support interoperability with OpenDocument"  Tony Agudo | 05/03/06
Neither.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/03/06
The statement came directly from the article...  Tony Agudo | 05/03/06
They will support ODF through 3rd party filters, so they say.  DonnieBoy | 05/03/06
ODF plugin  JDThompson | 05/04/06
Careful JD  OldMarine | 05/04/06
Thanks, JD!  Tony Agudo | 05/04/06
Still waiting  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
Just a WAG but I would say...  Confused by religion | 05/03/06
Could you be a bit more specific?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
Few are going to actually work in odf format  zmud | 05/04/06
If enough use ODF as the format to exchange documents, might as well bypass  DonnieBoy | 05/04/06
Welcome to the Open Standards Formation Procedures  michael_t | 05/03/06
If I remember correctly...  rapson | 05/04/06
Memory check failure  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/04/06
Thanks for the correction  rapson | 05/04/06
Breaking the lock.....  linux_for_me | 05/03/06
goverment should force M$ to support  toxicfreak | 05/04/06
Its taken care of already ...  George Mitchell | 05/04/06
Apparently the folks in the ISO committees did not read  michael_t | 05/04/06
At least they can read  rcasha_z | 05/05/06

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