Parece ser que ademais a fundación OpenOffice próximamente vai a facer público un plugin para o MS Office , facilitandolle os seus usuarios que poidan abrir e gardar documentos neste estándar ISO. En Groklaw visto o pouco interese de Microsoft en soportar este estándar, como tantos outros, pasanlle o recado decindo que "Non importa, non fai falla que movas un dedo ..."

«Some people might wonder why the Foundation would be interested in "extending" the life and vested value of these Win32 bound desktops?

Our reply is that this isn't about "Windows" or MS Office. It's about people, business units, existing workflows and business processes, and vested legacy information systems begging to be connected, coordinated, and re engineered to reach new levels of productivity and service. It's also about the extraordinary value of ODF and its importance to the next generation of collaborative computing. And it's about ODF rising to meet the needs of key information domains as they are represented by desktop productivity environments; publishing, content and archive management systems; SOA efforts; and the Open Internet.

So, to Microsoft: never mind. You don't need to lift a finger.»