Mats wrote to let me know that Apple has added OpenDocument support to TextEdit, the text editor shipping with OS X. When the latest version of Apple´s operating system, "OS X Leopard", is released today, any Leopard user will be able to read and write Open Office-compatible files.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#textedit
Whoohoo!
But what good does having ODF support for only one text editor application? What about spreadsheets and presentations? If Apple really wants to get behind ODF, they will include seamless ODF support in iWork, perhaps even as the default file format. Until then, don't kid yourself. Apple is not an open company, and they've already shown themselves to be ignorant of or behind the times on more than one open technology. As just another example, why can't an ipod play ogg vorbis files?
Posted by: _ | October 26, 2007 at 09:31 PM
hmmm... before getting all haughty over Apple, perhaps one could also ask: "Why can't OpenOffice play ogg vorbis files?". Or can it? Certainly if I just open Writer and go Insert>Movies and Sound and then pick a .ogg file, it'll insert, but Media Player doesn't play it...
Posted by: Mike | December 11, 2007 at 05:57 PM