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Wed, 2008-05-28 16:07 by dpharbisonThu, 2008-05-29 13:26 by carolgeyer
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On the same day that the state of New York published a report supporting open formats for electronic documents, mighty Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said that it would support the open-source ODF format in Office 2007. Redmond's own Open Office XML specification may be heading for the great Recycle Bin in the sky, never to come back.<br />
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On the same day that the state of New York published a report supporting open formats for electronic documents, mighty Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said that it would support the open-source ODF format in Office 2007. Redmond's own Open Office XML specification may be heading for the great Recycle Bin in the sky, never to come back.
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<em>Read the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/27/the-fall-of-microsoft-office.aspx">complete article</a> by <span class="vcard author">Anders Bylund in the Motley Fool.</span></em>
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The Fall of Microsoft Office

On the same day that the state of New York published a report supporting open formats for electronic documents, mighty Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said that it would support the open-source ODF format in Office 2007. Redmond's own Open Office XML specification may be heading for the great Recycle Bin in the sky, never to come back.

Read the complete article by Anders Bylund in the Motley Fool.

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