Re: [tdf-discuss] REVIEW ARTICLE: VITAL reading for LibreOffice developers, users, supporters
The OOo Extensin site offers sharepoint connector for OOo but it is not free. 2011/2/18, Mark Preston : > Thanks for getting in touch, Joe, and I'll try to answer where I can. > > On 16/02/2011 16:45, Joe Rotello wrote: >> Almost VITAL reading for LibreOffice developers, users, and supporters: >> >> [snip] >> >> The reasoning is that these weakness areas MUST be addressed and SOON, >> ...[snip] >> >> These include compatibility with MS Office XML and 2010 files, >> > As has been mentioned here before, LibO will both read and write MS > Office OOXML files. The matter of changing specifications for those > files by Microsoft in the future is under their control and all we can > do is catch up later since the openness of their file structure > details is less than perfect. >> >> Presentation having limited PowerPoint features, and a few others that >> the article mentions. >> > The only significant missing feature was the use of free-motion paths > which was addressed in a previous version of OpenOffice and is now > available. It is true that some of the effects and transitions are not > available, as the article notes, but also as it notes wherever > possible these degrade gracefully to the best available common form. >> >> Hope that this reading of the article brings many fruits to >> LibreOffice, perhaps in 3.3.1 or the next release and Update. >> > The other significant points the article raises are the lack of full > compatibility for macros and programming languages and the lack of a > connector to Microsoft Sharepoint. > > While both are true, I can only point out macros are conversions from > Microsoft macros, not implementations of Microsoft coding languages > and programming of course also does not implement Microsoft coding > languages. Similarly there are no links to Microsft Sharepoint and for > the same reasons. > > Remember that LibO is provided as Open Source Software and operates on > systems with very different OSs, not just Windows. We cannot commit to > Windows-only versions or to providing proprietary code owned by > Microsoft. Simply put, these issues are outside our control. >> >> Joe Rotello >> WindowGroup / Knoxville, TN / USA >> > > -- > 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 *** > > -- 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 ***
Re: [tdf-discuss] REVIEW ARTICLE: VITAL reading for LibreOffice developers, users, supporters
The OOo Extensin site offers sharepoint connector for OOo but it is not free. 2011/2/18, Mark Preston : > Thanks for getting in touch, Joe, and I'll try to answer where I can. > > On 16/02/2011 16:45, Joe Rotello wrote: >> Almost VITAL reading for LibreOffice developers, users, and supporters: >> >> [snip] >> >> The reasoning is that these weakness areas MUST be addressed and SOON, >> ...[snip] >> >> These include compatibility with MS Office XML and 2010 files, >> > As has been mentioned here before, LibO will both read and write MS > Office OOXML files. The matter of changing specifications for those > files by Microsoft in the future is under their control and all we can > do is catch up later since the openness of their file structure > details is less than perfect. >> >> Presentation having limited PowerPoint features, and a few others that >> the article mentions. >> > The only significant missing feature was the use of free-motion paths > which was addressed in a previous version of OpenOffice and is now > available. It is true that some of the effects and transitions are not > available, as the article notes, but also as it notes wherever > possible these degrade gracefully to the best available common form. >> >> Hope that this reading of the article brings many fruits to >> LibreOffice, perhaps in 3.3.1 or the next release and Update. >> > The other significant points the article raises are the lack of full > compatibility for macros and programming languages and the lack of a > connector to Microsoft Sharepoint. > > While both are true, I can only point out macros are conversions from > Microsoft macros, not implementations of Microsoft coding languages > and programming of course also does not implement Microsoft coding > languages. Similarly there are no links to Microsft Sharepoint and for > the same reasons. > > Remember that LibO is provided as Open Source Software and operates on > systems with very different OSs, not just Windows. We cannot commit to > Windows-only versions or to providing proprietary code owned by > Microsoft. Simply put, these issues are outside our control. >> >> Joe Rotello >> WindowGroup / Knoxville, TN / USA >> > > -- > 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 *** > > -- 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 ***