Xandros, the leading provider of intuitive
Linux solutions and cross platform interoperability tools, today announced
it will join Microsoft and other companies to build and ship open source
translators between documents stored in Ecma Office Open XML and Open
Document Formats. The translators, being developed through the Open XML/ODF
Translator project, will be made available to Xandros users via the Xandros
Networks update facility. Every Xandros product that includes
OpenOffice.org will be equipped with the translators.
This announcement underscores the shared view of Xandros and Microsoft that
competing office productivity applications should make it easy for
customers to exchange files with one another and allow them to use their
operating system and office productivity applications of choice.
"This is good news for customers. Xandros and Microsoft share the view that
competing office productivity applications should make it easy for
customers to exchange files with one another," said Tom Robertson, general
manager for Interoperability and Standards at Microsoft. "Mixed system
environments are becoming more common, and we believe in delivering
interoperability by design for the benefit of our customers. Our ongoing
collaborative relationships with commercial open source companies like
Xandros help us achieve that goal."
"We are delighted to join forces with Microsoft and others to provide
interoperability between standardized XML document formats," said Andreas
Typaldos, Xandros CEO. "The work of the world is done using various
document formats as well as operating systems, so it is vital to provide
our customers with the means interoperate with ease in this diverse
environment."