>> MS supports the standard perfectly here. The problem is that the standard >> is not well defined. > > Wrong. Standard is guideline. Supporting standard does not mean just did > minimum implementation to follow the letter of the standard. To actually > *support* it is to make sure the standard work, to be able to interoperable. >
No, as much as you'd like that to be the case, it is not. > A newcomer to a standard is expected to learn from oldtimers how to do > stuff, so Microsoft - as newcomer to ODF standard - should take a look to > existing implementation on how to do the part the standard has not yet > define. It has been done and Microsoft actually have the code (the CleverAge > plugin), just put it there. In this particular case, there alternative: > implement OpenFormula, which although still in the work, should be good > enough for common files. > I am certain that MS sees itself as a newcomer to the field and must turn to OOo for inspiration. > The fact that Microsoft choose something entirely different shows that > Microsoft does not intent to *support* the standard, but only want to have a > publication stunt. > Actually, that could very well be. Or it could be malicious intent towards ODF. Or it could be incompetence. >> I do not think that MS is working for interoperability. > > Then it is useless. > You tell that to the 95% of the market that is using it's product. >> The question is should OOo continue to render as it always has, or should >> it start working to be a drop-in replacement for the major office suite? > > This is stupid statement. To be replacement OOo should open MS Office > documents, i.e. legacy office format (.doc, .xls) and probably the OOXML. > This already done to some degree. > Thank you for insulting my statement so bluntly. I disagree that opening all formats that MSO can save in with the exception of ODF is good enough for OOo. > In ODF, OpenOffice is one of the leader, and should stay in the lead. It is > up to Microsoft to catch up. > I am certain that MS sees it that way too. -- 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
