Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 6th May 2006 22:05 UTC
A group of software developers have created a program to make Microsoft Office work with files in the OpenDocument format, a move that would bridge currently incompatible desktop applications. Gary Edwards, an engineer involved in the open-source OpenOffice.org project and founder of the OpenDocument Foundation, on Thursday discussed the software plug-in on the Web site Groklaw.
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That's why this is such a blow to OOo. It can't compete as a product with MS Office, but litigation (e.g., Massachusetts) and fear of closed formats gave OOo a real leg to stand on.
Now it's down to the exceptional price (free) of OOo versus the vastly superior experience of MS Office. While cost is a large factor for many, MS Office is already installed on a huge number of machines and available at a nominal price to most government and education users.