We haven't yet reached the point at which somebody rhymes OOXML with "hell" and starts chanting. Yet Google's far from happy with Microsoft's submission of Office Open XML as an international standard, and has publicly said as much on its corporate blog.
Microsoft announced last week it was supporting ODF, the competing document format used by OpenOffice, backing adding it to the ANSI’s list of business standards. Microsoft is looking to get its own, competing, Open XML format supported by ANSI, so it may think that by supporting its competitor’s bid, it improves its own.
Microsoft's announcement that it would back the Open XML Translator project, and bridge the gap between Office 2007 and OpenDocument Format as an open source initiative, had been hinted at in October 2005.
Microsoft has announced that it will, after countless requests and a long period of foot-dragging, offer support for the OpenDocument Format. The company has launched an Open XML Translator project to convert from its default format to ODF, and the resulting product will be made available for free.
Although Microsoft has long espoused its Office Open XML format as a suitable alternative to the OpenDocument Format supported by many other tech firms, the company has committed to bridging the two technologies.
Surprise, surprise. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appointed a successor to the departed CIO of the state's Information Technology Division, Peter Quinn, and stood behind the current plan to implement OpenDocument Format support by January 2007.
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