To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=87344 Issue #|87344 Summary|no native OOXML support, as plugin instead Component|framework Version|1.0.0 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|FEATURE Priority|P3 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|tm Reported by|kzyag
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 22 22:11:43 +0000 2008 ------- this applies to the current work that is being done to support natively OOXML in the next version of openoffice.org: it there any possibility to make a ooxml-less version of openoffice.org having it as optional plugin or via a different build without it? let me explain this: openoffice.org has supported microsoft formats because it had to, *until yet*. now even microsoft office can handle the opendocument format, so why do we still fill the need of supporting their newer formats without any warranty that it will work well? (microsoft is *the* standard-breaking specialist, and he doesn't even support fully his own format yet). now we can ask other users to send the documents in the apropiate format: opendocument. it's the time to change which the leading document format is, and government and large enterprises are interested in this change too. from a technical point of view, OOXML is another document format, that if supported, will enhance opendocument.org as any new feature does from a non-technical point of view, we all know the tactics microsoft has used in the past, how they welcome any third party attempt to support his new format, yet, and only yet, because it's smiling to ISO waiting to have it rubber-stamped. but microsoft likes to break standards, it loves to lock-in his users and it abuses the dominant position it has. this is no news for anyone.. and i want, as user, to forget all microsoft formats and demand documents in a standard format. well, OOXML should be a standard too, right? but microsoft breaks standards anyway, so why wouldn't he do it again this time? finally, openoffice.org would be to blame if it doesn't interoperate well with ms-office created documents, even if they do not respect thir own standard, as they do with internet explorer. don't let them fill everything with smoke and put opendocument on the side. common sense says the efforts should be made in these areas: improve the opendocument format have all documents coded in this format have it well supported in ms-office supporting OOXML goes against all three points, as there will be no need to use opendocument anymore if everyone thinks that OOXML is well supported by all applications (leave this to microsoft marketing dept) i do not know if i have explained this well, but i hope that decisions are not made only on a technical basis, but in a strategical way to benefit open source software and open standards too, considering what microsoft has done in the past, and what it will probably do in the future please leave us at least the possibility to have a ooxml-less openoffice.org to users that want it, or make a survey to know if i'm the only person that wants to push opendocument by all possible ways and have it as leader of document formats, or at least try it. PLEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
