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Story: Belgian government chooses OpenDocument

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This isn't a blow to Microsoft since all that's required from Microsoft is that it listens to its customers. Surely every vendor in every industry would want to do exactly that. And given Microsoft's enormous innovative powers and R&D budget it should be boringly easy for them to include an additional file format, handed on a silver platter with no strings attached no less, in their "state of the art" and 'future proof" Office product line. In fact, Microsoft is so customer friendly and always has the interest of tax payers in mind that they're more then likely to provide a free update to previous and current versions of Office so that those too can read and write ODF fully functional with no strings attached whatsoever.

As always though, actions speak louder then words.

What do you want to do today? Well, I want to be able to communicate worry free electronicly with the growing number of people, customers, clients, partners and organizations that for some reason or another choose to adopt a non Microsoft related format. OpenOffice and a few others can already do that. Surely Microsoft Office products are soon to follow. Because what a strange world it would be if your choice of word processer and such determines with whom you can exchange simple word documents and such electronicly. No government would want to enforce such limitations on its citizens and other organizations are well advised to take that into account as well.

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