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Naib
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 Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: MS "release" an Office-file to ???? converter ? |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5153350.stm
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The initiative covers the Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs from the Office software suite.
The prototype of the first tool to translate between formats will be made available as a free download on 6 July.
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cant find it
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drizek
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Prototypes of the translation tools will be made available via the SourceForge website which allows anyone to participate in the software development process.
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Microsoft? Sourceforge? Open Standards?
*Does not compute* *Does not compute* *Does not compute* *Does not compute* *Does not compute* *Does not compute* |
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dresb
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| If it's not built into the Office software it doesn't worth crap. |
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drizek
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it might be part of 07
Maybe they are having trouble getting their new xml formats to be acknwoledged by the ISO, so they want to maek it seem like they came up with ODF. |
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