So Level 3 is “what are the distinguishing features?” or “what can OpenXML do that ODF can’t?”.
The main answer put forward by MS to this question is that OpenXML is needed for the legacy documents. Everyone knows that most offices use MS Office and that most people have not yet upgraded to Office 2007, so […]
Call “competition in standards” level 1. Level 2 is “there are already lots of standards for office documents: html, rtf, pdf, odf, … , so why not another”.
The answer is unfortunately a little complex. Yes odf (also known as ISO/IEC 26300) is indeed an existing open standard for office documents. No, html is an open […]
You can tell this is contentious, even the abbreviations are fought over. The anti-crowd tend to call it OpenXML, the pro-crowd tend to call it OOXML.
This is one of those issues that is complicated enough that you are almost guaranteed to be confused unless you are prepared to invest a little time in understanding it. […]