Haven't seen much coverage other than via Baliz [in French], a month ago Inventis launched a new Windows-only open source tool providing a GUI for ogr2ogr named ogr2gui. From the page: "ogr2gui is an application used to convert and manipulate geospatial data. It is based on ogr2ogr, a command line utility from the "Geospatial Data Abstraction Library” (gdal.org). Through its graphical user interface, ogr2gui gives all the power of ogr2ogr without worrying about its complex syntax. It brings speed, efficiency and simplicity to its users."
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