ODF translation to be simplified

"South African localisation experts, Translate.org.za, have launched a new project to simplify ODF document translation.

The project aims to develop software that will convert documents in the ISO-approved OpenDocument format (ODF) into XLIFF, a standard format used by translators. The process will convert just the text of ODF documents into the XLIFF format for translation and then convert translated text back into the OpenDocument format."

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2550

NATO: ODF is fine with us

"Adopter by adopter, person by person, country by country, organization by organization, ODF keeps winning."

http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2420

Microsoft: 'ODF Has Clearly Won'

"ODF has clearly won. We sell software for a living. The ability to implement ODF in the middle of our ship cycle was just not possible. We couldn't do that during the release of Office 2007. We're looking forward and committed to doing more than [ODF-to-OOXML] translators."

http://www.osnews.com/story/19893/Microsoft:_ODF_Has_Clearly_Won

antiodt: view OpenOffice documents as plain text

"I don't like launching heavy office applications just to read a file. And there are antiword and wv to read MSWord *.doc files, unrtf to read RTF, and pdftotext to read PDF. Only open, ISO standard, ODT (OpenDocument, produced by OpenOffice) cannot be read that way"

http://usefreetools.blogspot.com/2008/06/antiodt-view-openoffice-documents-as.html

Neelie Kroes on Open Standards

"When open alternatives are available, no citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to use a particular company’s technology to access government information.

No citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to choose a closed technology over an open one, through a government having made that choice first."

http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2346

O3Spaces Workplace

"O3Spaces Workplace is the essential Web 2.0 OpenOffice.org enterprise extension.

O3Spaces Workplace brings document management and document collaboration features to OpenOffice.org / StarOffice and Microsoft Office, including real-time version control, check-in/check-out and document security.
O3Spaces Workplace is the integrated Basic Content Service for OpenOffice.org / Staroffice and Microsoft Office."

http://www.o3spaces.com/

Technical Distinctions of ODF and OOXML

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/618667/Technical-Distinctions-of-ODF-and-OOXML

OOXML: “Dead Format Walking”

"Since most Office users would be happy to continue using Microsoft’s old binary formats, and since those for whom open standards are important would probably prefer ODF or PDF formats anyhow, I won’t be surprised if OOXML quietly dies before that future Office iteration ever sees the light of day."

http://www.michaeldolan.com/1199

Good bye, British Library

"Microsoft announced a project to digitize 100,000 rare and out-of-print books from the British Library collection. …Farquhar says that that effort is not directly related to the Open XML announcement"

http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-61777/good-bye-british-library