[plug] Linux Desktop Market, office interoperability

[Kirk Turner]

> Does anyone know if MS Office will support the OpenDocument format
> (the standard from oasis)? I noticed it is now supported by OOo v2. A
> quick google didn't show any positive results to that effect, but
> theoretically this would help the situation. I think a government push
> towards such a format might help Microsoft to make such a move (I'm
> sure I'm not the only one that gets annoyed with tenders that come
> only in MS Word format).

To answer my own question, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft has publicly stated that it does not plan to support
OpenDocument. Its stated rationale is that OpenDocument is missing
some important functionality. Many are very sceptical of this claim
...

Kirk