On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Deepankar Datta wrote:

> Here's a follow up link with some more details:
> 
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172900251
> 
A quote from the article: "Pacheco, who is chairman of the Post Audit and 
Oversight Committee, holds the first public hearing on the issue next 
week. He has already voiced concern that OpenDocument appears to be 
inferior to Microsoft Office in offering features to help users with 
eyesight difficulties."

Our response should note that Mr. Pacheco is confusing a format
(OpenDocument) with an application (Microsoft Office).  OpenDocument is
simply a way of storing all the content and structure in a document; it is
up to an application to convey that information to the user.  Because 
OpenDocument *is* open, it is easier for innovators to add that capability 
to their applications without fear of licensing issues, etc.

--
J. David Eisenberg  http://catcode.com/



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