Open Document Format and Microsoft OpenXML Converter
February 26th, 2008
While ODF is an ISO standard, Microsoft lobby hard to get their OpenXML to be standardised also, in the face of objections from a substantial number of countries (strictly the National Bodies that represent national interests at ISO).
A CETIS colleague blogged about all of this last January, but in the mean time a translator has been developed that can be used as a MS Office add-in and MS is now having a second go after getting a bloody nose the first time. Place your bets please...
I see from http://news.zdnet.com/2424-3515_22-192023.html?tag=nl.e550 that MS are releasing a SDK that is not (and is not intended to be) compatible with the version being promoted to ISO. Looks like a rotten trick to me.