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                 Issue #|79590
                 Summary|The windows installer downplays OpenOffice standard su
                        |pport
               Component|Installation
                 Version|OOo 2.2.1
                Platform|All
                     URL|
              OS/Version|All
                  Status|UNCONFIRMED
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|DEFECT
                Priority|P3
            Subcomponent|code
             Assigned to|of
             Reported by|nmailhot





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 13 12:42:46 +0000 
2007 -------
Microsoft is currently hyping the "Open" nature of its file formats

Meanwhile OpenOffice.org completely misses advertising its support for standard
ISO formats

On installation OO.o file types are not registered with neutral names like "ODF
ISO word processor file" but with application-specific names

Their icons are also OO.o branded

The end result is users feel OO.o uses just another proprietary format. And a
niche one at that. So you get user rejection.

Also many tools attach the icon & name declared in the OS when transmitting
files, so any OpenOffice.org user that tries to send (or save in CMS) files
produced in OpenOffice is tagged with the "not serious dangerous Linux geek" in
PHB corporate minds (they do respect ISO)

Please un-brand ODF files. That would greatly help OO.o penetration in corporate
contexts.

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