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France suggests merging OOXML into ODF

I guess this is a good idea. Will give us the best of both MS innovation and Open Source Freedom. The people who want a beefed up Wordpad can go in for STAR OFFICE/ OPEN OFFICE. For the power users there will be Microsoft Office.. France suggests merging OOXML into ODF : "and fireworks, and what a show it has been. If this weren't such a hard fought battle of fairness and competition against greed and monopoly for the future of record keeping in governments and businesses, it would be a comedy. But, because this is serious, it's more like watching the tragedy of a massive train wreck in slow motion. One is both horrified and fascinated. That said, here's the latest news, such as it's reported so far. Hungary decided to revote due to 'irregularities', although that bland term doesn't even begin to describe the intensely contentious meetings that reportedly led up to Hungary's first vote. Due to its seeming inability to reach anything resembling con