Another snipe in the feud between the two vendors over document format standards
In the latest bout of sniping in the long-running feud over document format standards, IBM this week claimed that Microsoft Corp.'s Excel 2007 corrupted formulas and data in spreadsheets created in the OpenDocument Format.
Microsoft rebuffed the charge, while an industry analyst called the spat an overblown issue that users of ODF-based productivity suites can dodge if they take the right steps. Excel 2007 and other parts of Office 2007 began supporting the ODF standard last week with the release of Office 2007 Service Pack 2.
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In the latest bout of sniping in the long-running feud over document format standards, IBM this week claimed that Microsoft Corp.'s Excel 2007 corrupted formulas and data in spreadsheets created in the OpenDocument Format.
Microsoft rebuffed the charge, while an industry analyst called the spat an overblown issue that users of ODF-based productivity suites can dodge if they take the right steps. Excel 2007 and other parts of Office 2007 began supporting the ODF standard last week with the release of Office 2007 Service Pack 2.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132634
