Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 25th Feb 2007 22:01 UTC, submitted by geert
"Microsoft Word users now can easily import and export to the OpenDocument Format. The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save to the OpenDocument Format is now available."
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2005-07-08
Yeah... Now all we need is for Microsoft to follow suit by releasing OpenXML filters for OpenOffice. Heck, as long as they're open source, I'm sure the KDE and GNOME guys wouldn't mind porting them to KOffice and "GNOME Office" (as if the latter really exists anymore).
It boggles my mind that this format can be an ECMA (and ISO now?) standard without an open reference implementation. We all know that MS is one of those corporations that simply doesn't care about what anyone else thinks, so it's not like we can do or say anything to expedite this process.
There's a saying that if the entire population of China jumped from a 1-meter height at the same time, it would create a tidal wave that would swamp the entire US. However, this is actually 8 orders of magnitude short of the energy released in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. If the entire population of China jumped at the same time in protest of Microsoft's document formats, they wouldn't feel a thing in Redmond.