[odf-discuss] Microsoft and Novell cooperate on document formats

[M. Fioretti]

By now, probably many of you already know about the MS <-> Novell
partnership:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116249026689311557-helTbrheLKgbaJ5iO5z40ZFCiOs_20061109.html?mod=blogs

I still have to think it through thoroughly, but the part I find more
worrying is this:

>The companies said they will also work on ensuring compatibility
>between software document formats, including Microsoft's popular
>Office software and OpenOffice, a set of open-source applications.

If the OO.o shipped with SUSE (and that only) got plugins that render
MSO files (complex ones, with macros etc..) correctly, it would be for
many users a powerful reason not to bother with ODF.

It would still be a stupid reason, but stupid things happen...

Ciao,
	Marco

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