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Microsoft’s ODF support is broken, says alliance

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Tectonic; By Alastair Otter
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The OpenDocument Format (ODF) Alliance says that “serious deficiencies” in Microsoft’s support for ODF need to be addressed to ensure greater interoperability with other ODF-supporting software. ODF Alliance managing director Marino Marcich said in a press statement this week that “support for ODF represents an important and ongoing test of Microsoft’s commitment to real-world interoperability. Unfortunately, serious shortcomings have been identified in Microsoft’s support for ODF. Putting potentially millions of ODF files into circulation that are non-interoperable and incompatible with the ODF support provided by other vendors is a recipe for fragmentation.”

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From the people who brought us the 'Bill and Jerry' commercials and the 'Microsoft office users are Dinosaurs' print ads (the Microsoft Marketing department is trying out new ad campaigns for this product:

Microsoft thinks its customers are simpletons. Its so simple even your Grandma can Crack it. We've made it so simple, we've already installed the malware for you (see earlier story)

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