Please see the links below regarding Novell's support for OpenXML

• Novell's download page for the OpenOffice Open XML Translator: http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=ESrjfdE4U58~
• Novell's download page for OpenOffice: http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/ooo.html
• Additional information on Novell's site: http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=299
• LinuxWorld's coverage of the announcement: http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/030507-novell-translator.html
• Brian Jones's comments about the announcement: http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2007/03/02/openoffice-support-for-the-openxml-formats.aspx
• Stephen McGibbon's screen shots of the translation in action: http://notes2self.net/archive/2007/03/05/OpenOffice-OpenXML-support-_2D00_-screenshots.aspx

 Other Vendors:

 OpenOffice on Linux

·        Novell enables Linux users to read and write Open XML documents in the OpenOffice.org application.  The Novell solution is available today in multiple European and Asian languages.   

·        Linspire ships Linux desktop operating systems with the ability to read and write Open XML, as well as ODF and other formats. 

·         Xandros distributes end-to-end Linux solutions and will ship an Open XML – ODF translator in the upcoming release of its Xandros Desktop offering. 

Gnumeric on Linux

·         Gnumeric is a spreadsheet application.  It can read and write Open XML and other formats.  Gnumeric runs on Linux and is licensed under the GPL. 

OpenOffice on Mac

• NeoOffice is an office productivity suite for the Mac platform that is based on OpenOffice.org and that can read, write and save Open XML files.  It is a GPL-licensed free software application. 

      More ODF-OpenXML translators on Linux

·         Turbolinux is a leading Linux distributor in Asia, and has joined the SourceForge.net OSS project in order to help localize Open XML-ODF translators for Linux users in Japan and China.   

Open Source Solutions on Windows

·         SourceForge.net  hosts an open source project to provide translators for interoperability between ODF and Open XML in Microsoft Office applications. 

·         PHP Excel is an open source project on Codeplex (an OSS project web site) that is creating a set of PHP classes to enable users to read and write Open XML spreadsheet files

OpenXML Writer from OpenXML.biz is a free open source text editor for Open XML files.

More applications supporting Open XML: - http://www.openxmlcommunity.org/applications.aspx

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