Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 6th May 2006 22:05 UTC
Microsoft 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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Worse news yet
by ChrisA on Mon 8th May 2006 03:54 UTC
ChrisA
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2006-05-06

Without open source there would be no open standards. The two are tightly weaved. Without open source everyone would be dishing out money to Microsoft or Apple.