2008/12/9 Oron Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Every file? As someone using OpenOffice.org since before 1.x days > it looks a bit overestimated. >
I exaggerated. But my professors still send files in Word with complex, unneeded formating that OOo 3 cannot handle. They use Mathtype, too, which even normal Word cannot read. I have asked them time and again for PDFs. Their answer is that the university (Technion) proves MS Windows and Office for free to my faculty. > Have you tried OpenOffice.org 3.x? Can you file relevant > bugs and attach sample documents? I know I would vote for them. > I will start filing incompatibility bugs with OOo. Would you like me to CC you the bug numbers? >> Wasn't there support of development by a government agency >> discussed once? What became of that? > > Wine is an important project (IMO). But it is only a bandaid for > people who use (or are forced to use) proprietary software. > > Moreover, even proprietary vendors may write portable > software (eliminating the need for wine). The abundance > of portable libraries and frameworks not only make it a reality > but even a good business choice (e.g: Qt). > > IMO, government funding is better spent in *solving* the problem > instead of providing temporary workaround. In this sense, the partial > funding of OOo is infinitely better than helping wine. > So long as MSO is so prevailent, Wine is a necessary evil. But I do agree that government intervention is not the answer. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
