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NLnet to Help Fund AbiWord's ODF Compatibility Efforts

Ars Technica brings the good news that the AbiWord project has received funding from the NLnet Foundation to further a number of the project's efforts on the OpenDocument front.

One of the areas receiving special support is the newly formed AbiSource Corporation, which cites improving AbiWord's collaborative tools as one of its driving forces. NLnet will also work with the AbiWord team to improve the application's support for the OpenDocument standard in other areas, including its import/export filters.



OOXML: Why Is It Bad, and What Can We Do?

Why is OOXML a bad standard? What does it mean for open source developers? And what, if anything, can menbers of the open source community do, now that OOXML has been adopted by the ISO?

We love to talk about open standards in the computer industry. But how do such standards get created? The story of OOXML, officially accepted as of today by the ISO, is a cautionary tale.