”MS Office users need to get used to working with the standard document format, which is what OpenDocument is.”
This is not how the world, in which most of Fortune 500 operate in, works. The software and format people use, is the one usually mandated by their working environment. If your org operates in Office, you operate in Office. The question 99.9% of all users are concerned with is ”I want to review/edit this document I got from Sarah/need to send to Jane”. Not ”does this conform to standard xyz”.
Standars are just paper that software may support. The real question is phenomenological - is there a support, at what level, and is the software vendor incentivized to implement support.
There is no ”this format must be followed” convention in userspace software (sadly) unlike in say, hardware drivers for a desktop os. Even if the standard would have an ISO label.
This is not how the world, in which most of Fortune 500 operate in, works. The software and format people use, is the one usually mandated by their working environment. If your org operates in Office, you operate in Office. The question 99.9% of all users are concerned with is ”I want to review/edit this document I got from Sarah/need to send to Jane”. Not ”does this conform to standard xyz”.
Standars are just paper that software may support. The real question is phenomenological - is there a support, at what level, and is the software vendor incentivized to implement support.
There is no ”this format must be followed” convention in userspace software (sadly) unlike in say, hardware drivers for a desktop os. Even if the standard would have an ISO label.