RSSBetter late than never: Open XML converter comes to Mac
By Ed Oswald | Published June 25, 2008, 3:31 PM
Almost two years after it was originally promised, Microsoft has finally delivered the Open XML converter plug-in for Mac OS X.
While the new version of Office for Mac reads and writes to Open XML natively, users of previous versions of the productivity suite were effectively locked out until Tuesday. The 45 MB plug-in enables users of both Office v.X and 2004 to read and write to Open XML.
In addition to working with a single file, the plug-in allows users to also convert multiple files at once. If a user is on the Office 2004 11.5 update, the converter doesn't need to be opened at all; it works seamlessly within the application.
Microsoft had first said it would release the converters at the 2006 Worldwide Developers Conference in June. However, that release was delayed due to a need to wait for the finished Office 2007 product, as well as the completion of the file format itself.
In December 2006, Microsoft stated that the converters would be made available in Spring 2007, but in May 2007 it again delayed its release until two months after the release of Office 2008. That target date was not met either; the new Office release came out in January of this year.
Is Microsoft still pushing the dead MS-OOXML format now that they're going with ODF for Office 2007-SP2? Any idea of this converter's accuracy? Here's why it took two years!
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|Here's why it took two years!
How long did ODF take again?
May 2002 - ODF submitted to OASIS for review.
May 2005 - Approved by OASIS.
We know you can cut and paste, but can you do basic math?
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|Man, the stupid burns hot in your little dino brain, and why, why you just make stuff up about ODF in order to prop up Microsoft's failed MS-OOXML format is beyond my comprehension.
ODF wasn't "submitted" to OASIS, but developed by a Technical Committee under the OASIS consortium. Now run along and read the internets and fill in the rest of the facts on your date misrepresentation. Here's a hint: start with a google search, toolsie, and stop being a Microsoft liar every day of your life. Your constant wankery is very the reason people hate Microsoft, but then, maybe you are secretly working for Apple?
No, no one would hire someone to lie, would they?
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|lmao..
ODF (or the XML format that led to it) was created by Sun and originally released with OpenOffice 1.0 in May of 2002.
At that point, the format was handed over to OASIS for further development and review for standardization.
Proof you have no clue what you are talking about and are only a mouthpiece for Weir&Co.
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