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Linux distributer Linspire has announced that it will pitch in to help create document translators for OpenOffice which will allow the office suite to read and write Microsoft's OOXML document format.
Linspire [will join][3] Novell and Xandros (among others) in developing the translators, which will offer two-way conversion between the competing document formats.
If those three Linux distributers ring a bell, it's because they're also the three companies that have signed licensing deals with Microsoft, which offer protection against possible violations of Microsoft patents by Linux.
Given that a number of large presses and publishers have already [said no to documents saved in Microsoft's OOXML format][2], there doesn't seem to be a huge consumer need for the ODF to OOXML converters, however, the opposite direction OOXML to ODF will allow OpenOffice users to convert documents into a more usable, wide-accepted format.
Details about the ODF/OOXML translator project can be [found on Sourceforge][1] where the project is hosted.
[1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/industry_leader.html "Industry Leading Publications Reject Office 2007 Documents"
[3]: http://www.linspire.com/lindows_news_pressreleases_archives.php?id=220 "Linspire Joins Microsoft in Developing and Deploying Open Source Translators between Document Formats"
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