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    Google has joined a group that is promoting an OpenDocument Format standard that allows people to open documents regardless of the application they were created in.

  • Google buys Web word-processing technology

    Showing that it's more than a little interested in enabling people to handle office tasks over the Internet, Google said on Thursday that it has snapped up Writely, a maker of a Web-based word processor.

  • Google throws bodies at OpenOffice

    Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense.

  • ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

    The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner.

  • Writely warms to OpenDocument

    The company behind Web-based word processor Writely announced on Monday that it will handle documents saved in the OpenDocument format.

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