● 02.02.07

●● Microsoft OpenXML/ODF Translator 1.0

Posted in Fork, Formats, Intellectual Monopoly, Interoperability, Marketing, Microsoft, Novell, Open XML, OpenDocument, OpenOffice, Virtualisation at 1:18 am by Shane Coyle

Here is the press release, and I went over to the project page and was unimpressed – it looks like this is Win32 only, and it’s written in C#.

Novell apparently will be adding this translator to OOO, will Novell’s OOO require Mono to achieve interoperability with this C# plugin?

Of course, no Microsoft "interoperability" press release could go without the words "intellectual property", with Microsoft trotting out Novell as the example of how to interoperate with Windows properly: by paying Microsoft royalties for the privilege.

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The Open XML Translator is one among many interoperability projects Microsoft has undertaken. Microsoft continues to work with others in the industry to deliver products that are interoperable by design and provide access to its technologies through avenues such as the technical collaborations with AOL LLC and Yahoo! Inc. for instant messaging interoperability, the creation of the Interoperability Vendor Alliance and the Interoperability Customer Executive Council, and the broad collaboration with Novell on virtualization, document formats and intellectual property.

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Danaergeschenk, Will Robinson! Danaergeschenk!

Update: Apparently, this is the Microsoft half of the project, with Novell to provide the OOO side, so perhaps my concern over the Win32-only thing was premature.

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