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Ummm - NO
MS got where they are becuase they engaged in dirty trickas, possibly to the point where they broke the law, hence had to pay off both Corel and IBM. Novell is still suing them from when they owned Word Perfect becuase of this.

MS Office sucked such much that Microsoft had to add an auto crash recovery system into it.

Finaly ODF != OO.org

I don't see why this is so hard for you to understand. ODF is a standardized file format developed by a consurtioum of companies such as Corel, IBM, Boing, Sun, ECT and is not a product perse but rather a standard file format. In fact the topic of this story is that MS Office will be getting ODF support through a third party plugin.

The story only mentions the OO.org party as another piece of software along with KOffice, AbiWord, Gnumeric, Writely, ECT that already support the odf format.
Posted by: Edward Meyers   Posted on: 05/06/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Yes but who cares?  YaBaby | 05/08/06
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Allows Developers to Counter Vista/ Office Strategy  mighetto | 05/05/06
If it works use it...  SouthernPride | 05/05/06
We are building a World Society  mighetto | 05/05/06
whatever Mass developes  treyhaltom_z | 05/08/06
Office Co$t  DarthRidiculous | 05/05/06
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I can make excel crash with a couple lines of vba (NT)  ju1ce | 05/08/06
MS Office didn't get where it did by sucking  georgeou | 05/06/06
Ummm - NO  Edward Meyers | 05/06/06
It got there by being the cheaper yet "compatible" alternative.  LazLong | 05/07/06
Your knowledge  zkiwi | 05/07/06
Actually he's not a staff writer,...  Tony Agudo | 05/07/06
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It got where it did by being the first and best on Windows and being  DonnieBoy | 05/07/06
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Strike One  Roger Ramjet | 05/08/06
The problem I've seen...  ju1ce | 05/08/06
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Maybe.... Maybe Not...?  LazLong | 05/08/06
Gee boys and girls, I told you it wasn't a big deal.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/08/06
Get OEM support...  techboy_z | 05/08/06
A great new feature for MS Office - Brilliant!  WiredGuy | 05/08/06
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Message has been deleted.  myfevertoy | 10/22/06

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