Novell: No end to OOXML disputes - ZDNet UK - The Diigo Meta page

• 28 Dec 07
  

  Gary Edwards

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  • Despite some efforts by the two camps, ODF and OOXML are, for the most part, not interoperable, meaning documents that are created in one format cannot be successfully read by applications based on the other format.

       

    According to Novell's vice president of developer platforms, Miguel de Icaza, the situation won't change in the foreseeable future.

    • The money quote. ODF was not designed to be compatible with the billions of MSOffice legacy documents, or interoperable with the 5550 million legacy MSOffice desktops.
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  • "Neither group is willing to make the big changes required for real compatibility," de Icaza added.

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  Gary Edwards on 2007-12-28
  The money quote. ODF was not designed to be compatible with the billions of MSOffice legacy documents, or interoperable with the 5550 million legacy MSOffice desktops.

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