Here's a fascinating interview with Gary Edwards, who was on the committee that developed OpenDocument as a standard. He talks about the participants on the committee, Microsoft's involvement and then after-the-fact distortions, why Microsoft XML documents can't compete, and how OpenDocument will change the web. Read it here: :: Interviews : Gary Edwards: OpenOffice.org 2.0 leaping over legacy lockdown with clean XML

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