[TriLUG] Fwd: ODF to be Word standard

[Chris Calloway]

On 5/21/2008 10:48 PM, Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
> What this means is that begining with SP2 (due in Early 09), your Office files
> (Word, Excel, etc) will be in an open and fully transportable (no filters
> required) XML format. This is good news not only for those who use things other
> than Office, but also to those who want to parse documents, preserve documents,
> etc.

This is fantastic news. Office has been the one thing screwing up 
document management for the whole world. Now maybe we can get it right.

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Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
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