[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2010-05-22 Thread Chris Cheney
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix = Invalid -- Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406328 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2009-07-31 Thread Gorka Navarrete
Thanks for your response, Chris. I can understand why large packages scare people away. Maybe the problem lies just there, people try to work on Openoffice, which is a monster instead of trying to work on something smaller, the compatibility layer of Openoffice for example. Microsoft offers an

[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2009-07-31 Thread Gorka Navarrete
I created an Idea in Ubuntu brainstorm to give this a little more visibility. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20877/ Thanks. -- Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406328 You received this bug notification

[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2009-07-30 Thread Gorka Navarrete
The point of my report wasn't the rant but the proposal. I apologize if this is not the proper forum for such a thing. Please, let me know where to do it. Pardon for the repetition but the point is: In brief, what I think is needed (critical) is some kind of centralized effort and dedicated

[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2009-07-30 Thread Chris Cheney
I wasn't trying to imply that the fact that OOo sucks is reasonable, it is just the way it is. I think worldwide there are only maybe 20 or so people working on it. By comparison, Microsoft Office has, as I understand it, over a thousand developers working on it. There is only one person even

[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2009-07-29 Thread Gorka Navarrete
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29662331/Dependencies.txt -- Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406328 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 406328] Re: Compatibility/Format problems of OpenOffice are overwhelming - Office Papercuts project?

2009-07-29 Thread Chris Cheney
Complaining that there are lots of compatibility issues isn't really useful, it is well known there are many compatibility problems with doc/docx formats. Even Microsoft Office doesn't work properly in between different versions (2000, XP, 2003, 2007, etc) When I was still at the University myself