Can thi s be true? Microsoft finally anniounces support for an Open Document Format (ODF) plugin for Office 2007 word. They are planning to release plugins for excel and powerpoint soon. Also older versions will be supported through an update. Many people have been sceptic about the intentions of Microsoft. I feel it is a good step from Microsoft and it will help further adoption of ODF. Most of the news items attributes pressure from governments to support ODF and announcements by some governments to only accept ODF compliant office suits.
Here is a link to the plugin http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter
Anand Parthasarathy reports in The Hindu about the involvement of an Indian company Aztecsoft in the project in an article titled ” Microsoft enters `open’ waters”
Lets wait and see how the plugin will be supported by Microsoft.
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