Derek Bodner’s Blog

Microsoft has announced that they will support ODF with Office 2007 sp2, due out in 2009. Typically this would be seen as a win for Open Source and Standards, but I’m a step past cautiously optimistic, well into the “I’ll believe it when I see it, and not a second sooner” category. Having seen their “support” for Java, or their implementation of Active Directory, I can’t help but think that they’re going to “support” ODF by allowing Office to import, and maybe if we’re lucky nag the user to save in their “better” proprietary format. I may be unfair in my skepticism, but that’s what 25 years of vendor lock-in by a company will do for ones trust.