Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Jul 2006 10:41 UTC
Microsoft is giving in to the unrelenting pressure to be more open, particularly with regard to its Office Open XML file format and interoperability with the Open Document Format alternative. The company will announce July 6 that it has set up an open-source project to create a series of tools that allow translation between the OpenXML format and the ODF format, and which will be developed with partners. The Open XML Translator project, as it is known, will be posted on SourceForge, the open-source software development Web site. 
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RE[6]: This is garbage!
by Windows Sucks on Thu 6th Jul 2006 13:39
in reply to "RE[5]: This is garbage!"
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That is not actually true. If OpenXML was just a structure for the old file formats then it would not be open at all (Being that the old file formats are not open) and would not pass any open standards tests.
Microsoft will have something that will translate the old file formats into OpenXML and retain most of the features of old file formats. Most likely a built in Translator similar to the one we are talking about now, but it wil be a part of office no problem.
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2005-11-10
Wow, thought Open XML wasn't even out yet? Maybe I am missing something.
Yes Open XML will have more features but only because MS has the ability to roll up features from its old formats into this one. But that has nothing to do with age, just full access to its own file formats.