Craig, Please remember that both LibO and OpenO can already *read* the formats and the issue is whether or not it is practical or pragmatic to put effort into developing something to *write* the OOXML form.
On 02/01/2011 00:50, Craig A. Eddy wrote: > Barbara, > > First, ODF IS the ISO standard - honestly made so without the dirty > tricks that MS used to stuff the committee and force it to approve > something that wasn't ready to be used by anyone. > > Second, MS refuses to support any ODF except the one that is actually an > ISO standard. That makes their version of ODF suspect as to its actual > compatibility. > > I don't suggest using the same tactics on MS as it is using on Open > Source Software. Doing to others as they do to you is NOT a recommended > tactic for honest people or organizations (though it's too often been > used, in my arrogant opinion [There AIN'T no such thing as a humble > opinion]). > > By being able to read .doc and .docx formats LO demonstrates it's > willingness to at least reach out to MS and its customers. Therefore, > LO ends up being the good guy. > > Craig > Tyche -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
