diazamet wrote:I don't see why this would be the end of ODF. Just because OOXML is deemed to be a standard, if more applications support ODF over OOXML, ODF will always have the interoperability trump card. And it should be a lot easier for application developers to implement a 600 page spec over a 6000 page spec.
The vast majority of people use Microsoft office in the world, once office 2007 and later which have ooxml as the default format become more popular, it will just be the linux minority that might just use it, I would love it to be the other way around but the majority of computer users are stubborn and are afraid of change, just like the same politicians get voted decade after decade.
For a document revolution to really happen , people need to get the hell away from Microsoft, going to apple is not a solution, as office 2007 runs on that and i cannot see the apple deity(Mr jobs) accepting ODF
We can hope for a decent ooxml plugin from novell so we are not left in the dark when 100s of ooxml files come flying our way.
It will be interesting to see what Red Hat do though, they policy which they have kept from the very beginning is to not include any patent encumbered software, so will they exclude ooxml support in openoffice or will they sell out and provide it via paying Microsoft patent royalties?
