On Friday 23 May 2008, jtd wrote:

Message: 1 Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 12:04:34 +0530 From: jtd Subject: [ILUG-BOM] M$ retired hurt?

M$ office 2007 will support odf natively. at least that waht the PR says.

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2008052 1092930864

Another article states Office XP/2K3 will also have ODF support. http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63120.html

Perhaps this was a ploy to appease the EU but the EU is not convinced.

AFAIK, MS has a track record of features becoming vaporware by the time the product is released.

-- Arun Khan