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		<title>Open Document Format Wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Marden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the Open Document Format, the native format for Open Office.org and backed by the Open Document Foundation, as slammed this week - by the ODF - as being too proprietary, and that the corporate backers (such as Sun who adopted the format for its own Star Office package) where more interested in killing Microsoft Office than TRUE Interoperability between Word Processors and the other office productivity tools.I've had a close interest in this story, mostly due to the frustration of not being able to send people editable documents in MS Word....  I have watched with baited breath as different local, state, national, and international groups, companies, and governments not only toy with the idea of dumping MS Office, and switching to an open source alternative - but actually take the plunge and do so.
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