Just for fun, I did a search right now on Google for a few file ODF +and MS Office based formats (not to be mistaken for ISO or ECMA +OOXML), to get an idea of their relative usage. I searched using +'filetype:odt' and equvalent terms, and got these results:
+ +| Type | ODF | MS Office |
|---|---|---|
| Tekst | odt:282000 | docx:308000 |
| Presentasjon | odp:75600 | pptx:183000 |
| Regneark | ods:26500 | xlsx:145000 |
Next, I added a 'site:no' limit to get the numbers for Norway, and +got these numbers:
+ +| Type | ODF | MS Office |
|---|---|---|
| Tekst | odt:2480 | docx:4460 |
| Presentasjon | odp:299 | pptx:741 |
| Regneark | ods:187 | xlsx:372 |
I wonder how these numbers change over time.
+ +I am aware of Google returning different results and numbers based +on where the search is done, so I guess these numbers will differ if +they are conduced in another country. Because of this, I did the same +search from a machine in California, USA, a few minutes after the +search done from a machine here in Norway.
+ + +| Type | ODF | MS Office |
|---|---|---|
| Tekst | odt:129000 | docx:308000 |
| Presentasjon | odp:44200 | pptx:93900 |
| Regneark | ods:26500 | xlsx:82400 |
And with 'site:no': + +
| Type | ODF | MS Office |
|---|---|---|
| Tekst | odt:2480 | docx:3410 |
| Presentasjon | odp:175 | pptx:604 |
| Regneark | ods:186 | xlsx:296 |
Interesting difference, not sure what to conclude from these +numbers.
+ +The last few weeks i have had the pleasure of reading a +thought-provoking collection of essays by Cory Doctorow, on topics +touching copyright, virtual worlds, the future of man when the +conscience mind can be duplicated into a computer and many more. The +book titled "Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, +Copyright, and the Future of the Future" is available with few +restrictions on the web, for example from +his own site. I read the +epub-version from +feedbooks using +fbreader and my N810. I +strongly recommend this book.
+ +Thanks to +todays +opengeodata blog entry, I just discovered that the +OpenStreetmap.org site have gotten +support +for calculating routes. The support is still experimental and +only available from the development server, until more experience is +gathered on the user interface and any scalability issues.
+ +Earlier, the routing I knew about using the OpenStreetmap.org data +was provided by Cloudmade, +but having it on the main page is required to make everyone aware of +the issue. I've had people reject Openstreetmap.org as a viable +alternative for them because the front page lacked routing support, +and I hope their needs will be catered for when routing show up on the +www.openstreetmap.org front page.
+ +