Microsoft Will Now Allow Rival Document Formats
From Reuters: Microsoft allows open document format for software.
In response to government pressure for greater inoperability with their office suite, Microsoft will open source translation tools that will allow Microsoft Office to read competitor’s document formats.
This is interesting in light of Massachusett’s recent pushes for adopting OpenOffice due to its interoperability and low cost. Now OpenOffice may only have a cost argument against Microsoft. But with Microsoft’s deep pockets, OpenOffice may also lose the relative-cost war.
News, Open Source | paul | 
July 6, 2006 4:38 pm
Subscribe