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[News] ODF Alliance Criticises Microsoft's ODF Traslatlator Initiative

Microsoft's Open XML Project Deemed a Short-Term Fix

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| Microsoft's move to set up an open-source project that will allow
| translation between its Office Open XML format and the OpenDocument
| Format is a welcome first step, but not a long-term solution to the
| problem, industry players said on July 6.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The installable software plug-ins that would be created under the
| project were also really "only a bridge, a stopgap measure that will
| probably not be acceptable to government's around the world over the
| long term. Plug-ins simply don't give the benefits of open file
| formats and standards," he said.
| 
| Converters and plug-ins are not solutions to the problem as
| governments across the globe want access to their vital records
| and data and are looking to separate the document from the application,
| which plug-in technologies do not do, and which would open the market
| up to greater innovation and more product and price competition,
| he said. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| Asked what the ODF Alliance would most like to see Microsoft do,
| Marcich said "to make ODF native to their suite," but he
| acknowledged that was unlikely to happen anytime soon, if ever.
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