IBM Shoulders ODF Vision.

This article discusses a decision by IBM to add support for open document format (ODF) in its Workplace Managed Client 2.6 software, as of December 2005. The product will join other ODF-supporting software from OpenOffice.org and Sun Microsystems. Microsoft Office may be the undisputed leader in productivity software, but that balance is threatening to shift. Countries with emerging economies have welcomed open formats for documents and software. ODF supporters, including IBM and Sun, have started mobilizing a global effort to push ODF as a global standard format for documents.