On 01/21/2015 06:56 PM, jonathon wrote:
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On 21/01/15 05:50, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
People who want to write the XLSX format are likely to not understand
why he might feel so strongly about it.
This is one of those complex issues, that usually has people talking
past one another, totally ignoring what the other is saying,
constructing straw-men to further mis-communicate their ideas, as part
of their process of maximizing non-communication.
Hagar indicated that it will never be able to cope with OOXML. Not sure if that
is true,
Compatibility depends upon how much loss one is willing to undergo, with
respect to:
* Content;
* Presentation Markup;
* Semantic Markup;
* Other types of Markup;
Rephrased:
a) Willing to lose everything but content;
b) Willing to lose everything but content and presentation markup;
c) Unwilling to lose content, presentation markup, semantic markup, or
other types of markup;
A not so minor issue is that the MSO *x file formats, and OOXML file
formats are two dissimilar file formats, that, at first glance, appear
to be identical.
IOW, even if AOO has perfect OOXML file format compatibility, it means
squat, in terms of MSO *x file format compatibility.
Well, the reasons for adding it are obvious... so that you can read /
write the format.
Reasons for not supporting it:
1. Uses resources that could be used for other things.
2. ideology: Force people to ODF formats
3. The format is poorly defined and contains all sorts of garbage in it
You know, those sorts of things.
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Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
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