Oracle removed ODF support for Microsoft Office

After acquiring Sun, Oracle seems to have removed the plugin for Microsoft Office that used to enable users of that system to read and write Open Document Format documents.

On the concerned Open Office page at which Wikipedia readers arrive, they find only a PDF document that tells users to contact Oracle if they are interested in this plugin:

For more information about Oracle ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office, visit oracle.com or call +1.800.ORACLE1 to speak to an Oracle representative.

I even tried but failed to dial the provided phone number.

This is making my situation difficult as I try to deliver ODF files to translation customers, which I generate (automatically, also from the source of this web page) via Deplate and Docbook2odf.

Brussels Leaks

I would have liked to read more EU Council documents instead of cables from US diplomats recently.

It seems there is now an initiative to make up for this.

UN-Kinderrechtskonvention vor Umsetzung in Österreichische Verfassung

Menschenrechte schafft man am besten ab, indem man sie immer weiter aufbläht. Diesem Geist folgend verabschieden die von Diktaturen dominierten Vereinten Nationen seit Jahren einen Menschenrechtspakt nach dem anderen.

Jetzt steht eine weitere Verankerung von Kinderrechten in der österreichischen Verfassung kurz bevor. Wer wissen will, wo das subversive Potential dieses Paketes liegt, muss nur die Forderungen der Grünen studieren.