ODF 1.2 is hoped to fix spreadsheet issue Microsoft's response to the issue has been to say that the problem lies in the ODF 1.1 standard, which does not include formula syntax.

Microsoft has come under fire for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its latest release of Office 2007 SP2, but the company said it is an issue inherent in ODF (Open Document Format) 1.1.

That fire was one of 7,436 that have burned on lands protected by ODF over the past seven years. Since 2013, wildfires have burned almost 34,000 acres of non-industrial, privately owned forestland ...

“ODF 1.2 is approved as on OASIS standard,” said Chet Ensign, director of standards development and TC administration. The specification itself will be published next week, he added.

ODF should be held accountable for this doubletalk and deception. We expect honesty and transparency from ODF, and we urge ODF to investigate this process, and hold Goody and Tillotson accountable.