Opendocument

Here is a summary of OpenDocument
here

here is some info on MA going to Open standards for all documents.
Here

I think, the more we have standards based Information systems which include, programming languages, office file formats, etc the better thens will be and the more compatiable thing will be with future systems. as less "leagacy" types of things will come along and things can be archived
without much trouble. its a brave new world.....


-Nex6