Open Document Format Approved 399
An anonymous reader writes "The OASIS Group announces that the third Committee Draft [PDF] of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0 Specification has been approved
as an OASIS Standard. The submission of the approved standard can be found at here.
The OpenDocument format is intended to provide an open alternative to proprietary document formats including the popular DOC, XLS, and PPT formats used by Microsoft Office. Organizations and individuals that store their data in an open format avoid being locked in to a single software vendor, leaving them free to switch software if their current vendor goes out of business or changes their software or licensing terms to something less favorable."
The OpenDocument format is intended to provide an open alternative to proprietary document formats including the popular DOC, XLS, and PPT formats used by Microsoft Office. Organizations and individuals that store their data in an open format avoid being locked in to a single software vendor, leaving them free to switch software if their current vendor goes out of business or changes their software or licensing terms to something less favorable."
Ironic (Score:4, Funny)
*Acrobat reader required
Re:Hardware? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ironic (Score:2, Funny)
Yes we can, dammit! [slashdot.org]
A glimpse into the further future (Score:4, Funny)
MICROSOFT: Tough. Shell out $500 per PC per month, or lose the ability to read your documents.
CUSTOMER: Somebody help us!!!
OPENOFFICE (silence - died years ago due to lack of interest)
Re:What about Bill (Score:2, Funny)
>Imagine MS giving support for an open source project that they don't even own.
Imagine MS giving support.
Re:A glimpse into the further future (Score:3, Funny)
MICROSOFT: All your base are belong to us!
CUSTOMER: No, no...I remember this, it worked good. Remember that time Netscape looked all dead but then came back to life as Firefox/Mozilla? Maybe we could do the same with this here office thingy...
MICROSOFT: All your base are belong to us!
CUSTOMER: Hey guys, check this out, we don't have to use that Microsoft stuff anymore...
MICROSOFT: All your.... (searching)... (searching)... Base not found. To locate base yourself, click "Browse"
The trick to adoptment! (Score:1, Funny)
Think about it!
Re:XSLT? (Score:3, Funny)
<xml>
<msWord>
<author>Bill Gates</author>
<uue-doc>dfndslfuhrdsifdshfkldsfu
</msWord>
</xml>
Re:Do Not Underestimate this.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yup, and you know what? (Score:4, Funny)
Changing the world is not possible, don't even think about it.
Re:Ironic (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What about Bill (Score:4, Funny)
>That only means that they wanted to influence the process.
I think you misspelled interfere. (Or perhaps you meant subvert, sabatoge or stall?)