On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Andrew Rist <andrew.r...@oracle.com>wrote:
> > On 10/28/2013 12:38 PM, Jörg Schmidt wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] >>> >>>> That is the reason why we will start to investigate in a >>>> >>> better OOXML >>> >>>> support for AOO and you will probably notice some more >>>> >>> activity in the >>> >>>> future going in this direction. >>>> >>> Excellent. A better Microsoft compatibility is what our users >>> set as #1 >>> priority in the user survey and improving OOXML import (and >>> export!) is >>> surely part of that. >>> >> This is a pragmatic way, also a necessary way, but I fear it will be in >> the long >> run, even the death of the current ODF. >> >> No user of MS Office will move more of OOXML to ODF, if the compatibility >> of OOXML >> in AOO will be similar as well of *.doc. >> >> It is not wrong to improve compatibility with OOXML, but that will >> unfortunately >> be the side effect. I think that you should see clearly. >> >> We must also see that the need to improve the compatibility with OOXML, >> unfortunately, also an expression of the fact that market dominance >> continues to >> have MS Office . >> >> I look at what happens at the ISO, where they talked some time ago by the >> merging >> of the two standards ( ODF and OOXML), and take statements from experts >> seriously, >> it seems to me the path mapped out, there will be a new standard in the >> future, >> even if no one likes to hear. >> > http://xkcd.com/927/ LOL! yep! :) > > >> We should all prepare ourselves to it and work on it that it prevents the >> MS this >> standard does not dominate. That's what we should see as a long term goal. >> I am thinking there must be cooperation between _all_ the OSS projects >> will use >> the ODF. >> >> >> Greetings, >> Jörg >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
