>> > If we found a place where the actual standard or the proposed one >> > is lacking, and MS has implemented it in some different way than >> > OO, then yes, as long as the standard (or a draft) is not defined, >> > copying MS will be the wiser thing to do. > > To whoever wrote this (Dotan, can you add an attribution line please?) >
>>2009/5/8 Javier Rivera <jav...@castroparga.com>: >>> If we found a place where the actual standard or the proposed one is >>> lacking, and MS has implemented it in some different way than OO, then yes, >>> as long as the standard (or a draft) is not defined, copying MS will be the >>> wiser thing to do. But when MS and the standard (even standard >>> recommendations) conflict, we should follow the standard. >>> > Copying Microsoft would be the dumbest, wrongest thing to do. The > point is to put an end to the very principle that one single private > company can make the law on what such a basic file format (or its > contents) can or cannot be like. > In the absence of OASIS doing so, it _is_ in ODF's best interest to have a reference implementation. That is what we are referring to. > If you waste time copying Microsoft once, you'll never stop because > they'll change something else next year just to keep you running into > a loop. > > Is this really so hard to understand, especially considering that is > exactly what they have done for +15 years? ODF came out just to make > them stop playing that game through their own formats. If you allow > them to replay the same game inside ODF, it's perfectly useless to > have put together ODF in the first place. > In which case ODF should specify the parts that MS implemented differently than OOo. It doesn't, so MS is free to do as they please. > All the rest of this thread is just details. > Agreed. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
