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and Microsoft's competitors [[Sun Microsystems]] and [[IBM]], most of whom favor the [[OpenDocument]] format
The essential premise behind this criticism, apart from several technical issues, is that Microsoft has standardised its proprietary format in order to prevent the widespread adoption of the Open Document format, which could threaten the dominance of Microsoft's own Office suite. Furthermore, commentators have argued that while competitors will likely implement compatibility of the new standard in their own applications, Microsoft has not released any plans to similarly support the OpenDocument format.<ref
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