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Microsoft embraces ODF

• Posted by Rob (#1) on July 6, 2006 16:17 CEST

For the past decade Linux users like me often had to go through all sorts of tricks in order to get Microsoft's proprietary documents working. Import and export filters have improved a lot during the years, but maybe in the future not even those will still be necessary. After all, Microsoft is working on support for the Open Document format:

The initiative covers the Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs from the Office software suite.

The prototype of the first tool to translate between formats will be made available as a free download on 6 July.

Seems like hell just froze over.

(By the way, can anyone explain to me the remaining purpose of KWord now that OpenOffice.org integrates quite nicely with KDE?)

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