http://blogs.technet.com/aralves/archive/2007/02/16/office-open-xml-vs-odf.aspxWhile I think most of the IT Professionals (who are not developers) probably don't care about the Office Open XML (OOXML) vs ODF discussions that are going on. Until now I did not read a lot about what the biggest differences are and why people were againstenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/aralves/archive/2007/02/16/office-open-xml-vs-odf.aspx#2705939Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:11:35 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2705939Gianni Giaccaglini<p>All debates on ODF vs OOXML are useles. What is important is which format is better and the answer is very simple: OOXML wins!</p> <p>For an only example, compare the spreadsheet component. In ODF it is very simplicistic, in OOXML is rationally composed of separated and well related parts. As a result programming a spreadsheet in ODF is difficult and umbersome; in OOXML is easy and powerfull: separated shared strings allow immediate modifications of repeated text and reference attributes of cells allow direct individuation, both operation requiring complex elaboration in ODF spreadsheet...</p> http://blogs.technet.com/aralves/archive/2007/02/16/office-open-xml-vs-odf.aspx#2706742Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:03:21 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2706742aralves<p>Gianni,</p> <p>It's like I said look at the functionality you need and what you want to do with your documents and then decide which format is best for you.</p> <p>So why not having both formats as an ISO.</p>