[odf-discuss] Native ODF support in browsers

[Lars D. Noodén]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, David Cartwright wrote:
> ...would it be appropriate to make a formal pitch/approach to the 
> Mozilla Foundation, the KDE Project, Opera Software regarding the 
> benefits of native support of ODF (that may also involve an intermediary 
> step via a plugin)?

I would think so.  We might want to sound out more input on the topic and 
get one of the non-MS oriented web forums to post a short question for 
discussion.  For example, "what would be the global benefits of web 
browsers and productivity software using the same format?"

BTW it's good that you mentioned Opera, the company has been an active 
supporter of open standards, even to the extent of taking part in 
politics.  They have a large share of the browser market for embedded 
devices like mobile phones.  So, OpenDocument would be helped greatly if 
we could work out an arrangement with them, too.

-Lars
Lars Noodén
 	Ensure access to your data in the future
 	http://opendocumentfellowship.org/about_us/contribute