Interesting development on the ODF formula front. IBM has donated the end-user 1-2-3 @function reference help file from IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.8 (under Section 5 of OASIS' IPR policy) to speed up the work.

I used to work for Lotus. I remember when IBM stopped investing in SmartSuite because "the desktop wasn't strategic" many of us were very disappointed with the Pythonesque "run away" strategy. Nevertheless, SmartSuite is still listed on IBM's web site with a buy online button next to it.

I wonder whether there are any plans to provide an update to allow all of the users to use ODF, or OpenXML for that matter? After all, IBM claimed 28 million users in 2000, many in government.  It would be cynical to think IBM was only going to implement ODF support in new products wouldn't it? Especially given the importance IBM recognises customers place in accessing their documents in the future. [update: it seems it's not just me wondering about this]

I smiled at the irony that, given what IBM is telling its customers, the document was converted into Word format in order to be saved as .ODT.