Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. announced its support for the open source project to build a technical bridge between Open XML and ODF in July 2006 to provide interoperability between formats. Since inception, it has remained among the 30 most active projects on SourceForge.net and has been downloaded more than 50,000 times.
This project, the standardization of Open XML in Ecma International, and the ongoing standardization of Open XML in the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) help ensure that customers have a choice and that innovation can take place in these important technologies.