On Thu, 07 May 2009 15:51:31 +0300 Came this utterance formulated by Dotan Cohen to my mailbox:
> > Both ODF and OOXML allow custom namespaces. Anyone can include > > virtually anything they like into either format. But if your stated > > goal is interoperability then the Sun ODF plugin worked, SP2 > > doesn't. > > > > Their stated goal was with ODF, not with OOo. > > My stated goal of being interoperable with MSO users means supporting > what MSO comes with, not a third-party plugin. > > >> Any application that chooses to render ODF like MSO renders ODF is > >> interoperable. OOo can be such an application if it chooses. > >> > > > > Um, no, in the case where a spec doesn't specify then following the > > crowd is being interoperable. > > > > Again, their goal was to be interoperable with the spec to achieve > standards-compliance. OOo-compatibility was not their goal. > > > > To be honest, it leaves ODF as the looser here, as intended, not > > OO.o. > > > > That _will_ be the case if OOo and MSO (the two largest players in the > field) render it differently, and as you very well state that will > kill ODF. That is why OOo should start rendering ODF 1.2 documents as > MSO renders them. It keeps ODF safe, and it makes OOo a drop-in > replacement for MSO. Now I understand, you think Microsoft are using ODF V1.2! They aren't, they are using a bastardised 1.1 which does not conform to what other 1.1 using programs already use _interoperably_. They are the latecomers onto the stage with a fubar implementation. Nobody is going to change another program to break compatibilty with documents already saved in this format. The 1.2 spec is still under development in OASIS. > The truth is, I don't like playing follow the leader either. But in > this unique example, I do say that OOo should play by MS's rules, to > make their toehold in the industry stand. Just as OOo looks to MSO as > the reference implementation of DOC, so should it be with ODF. > I disagree. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
