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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"The whole point is to move consumers off of the inferior Microsoft Office suite and Microsofts inferior poduct line."
No, the whole point is to move to open standards.
In comparison to open and royalty free standards OSS is rather "unimportant". Open standards enables both commercial companies (small as well as large) and OSS projects to compete on the same level playing field without risking frivolous law suits and other such nonense.