Ian,
Ian Lynch wrote:
UK government now has a policy to make files available as pdf with links
to Acrobat reader. If we could persuade governments to make files
available in odf with a link to OOo it would make a massive difference.
This would be easier with a smaller download size but it might be worth
having a go anyway. We might be able to enlist the help of other Open
Source groups - OSC is currently quite active in political lobbying in
the UK, for example over the BBC i-player.
OSC == Open Source Community ?
Do you have an example of how this exactly looks like?
- We need to work on the package structure. It is not optimal regarding
the distribution of the packages content and the underlying concepts
(just install an OOo on Windows while de-selecting everything, you would
still get about 200mb copied to your disk without any usable
functionality ;-). Stephan Bergmann and Ingo Schmidt are currently
working on this, one part being the separation of the URE (see
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ODF_Toolkit/Efforts/OOo_without_URE).
Presumably, among other things this will lead to the possibility of
upgrades directly from the net rather than having to install a complete
package?
Yes, as long as the underlying package system (e.g. APT) supports it ...
See opening comment. We need a compact and easy to get/install odf
reader that causes no objections to downloading and installing. One of
the things against OOo in that role is its seen as an office suite. So
perhaps a version of OOo with a "dumb" user interface that doesn't look
like an office app but looks more like Acrobat reader and can export pdf
files. Then all that is needed is the odf file because anyone can then
create the pdf version if they need it. Then a button you click that
can, if you know about it, make it into regular OOo ;-). Its silly but
the fact that its a whole office suite puts people off. "I don't want a
whole office suite just to read a file" - ok give them what they want.
As noted in my blog entry ("My Visions") we need to work towards an
architecture which does not differentiate between applications but just
work approaches, having a generic and extensible "engine" as its base
... eventually getting rid of the heave weight "Office Suite" tag.
You know, OOo does not inherently need to be big and heavy, it is just
so because it is so ;-)
Ian
Kay
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