IBM, Microsoft quibble over Office 2007's new ODF support

06.05.2009

The "takeaway," Creese wrote, is that "ODF interoperability isn't here yet."

However, organizations working with ODF documents can still mostly dodge interoperability problems.

"The best strategy is to stick with one productivity suite as a way to avoid these interoperability problems," wrote Creese. "That way, even if formula support is idiosyncratic, it at least will be consistent within the enterprise."