[plug] Linux Desktop Market, office interoperability

[Joel at Plug]

Kirk Turner wrote:

>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).
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>Kirk
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Quoting from todays NewsForge:
An Australian company has devised a way to add support for the 
OpenDocument format into Microsoft Office.
http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-5906971.html

Looks like it will be an server-based opensource project using Perl.

Joel