Le 08/10/2016 à 12:34, Peter Kovacs a écrit :
You seem to like the way ODFormat is defined.
To be precise, I like the the intent of ODF. Several parties decided to work together so that a fully documented file format could be used with advanced application features (I mean that could store data needed by complex applications like word processors, spreadsheets, ...). Perhaps there was other file formats at that time. Perhaps the momentum created by OOo helped ODF at the same time despite other file formats availability. I've a scientific background. Thus I'm more in favor of standardization than closed blackboxes (or badly documented features).
But what is with Bill Pate, who has done a lot of work, and is looking atm for a different tool. He has fear that all his work is lost or unsuable of sorts when he imports to Open Office. Or maybe his work is lost after a while he finds out he misses MSO so much he wants to return. We should also try to answer towards his fear.
Then I think my answer was clear: AOO can do what he wants but it will require a change in the file format he's using right now (assuming he saves in .docx).
See I want to stay open. That means I work into the direction that supports your requirement and to Bill Pate requirement. Giving both of you the maximum of choice that is possible to provide with the available ressources. This is a huge maybe impossible challenge. But I have some Ideas.
Thanks!
Still looking what Open Office already implements of them and what has to be improved. And I will not manage to deliver on time atm. But I hope I find support. In you and others that are interested in OO.
Of course. The main issue IMHO is that similar features may be handled differently. So any bridge for "conversion" may introduce some glitches. There may also be issues if some parts refer to undisclosed documentation. Let's hope there are very few of them.
Openess incorporates for me /*Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité*/. Not fully supporting OOXML means giving up on Égalité. Not accepting the Users requirements is against my whish for Fraternité.
I'm OK with that as long as everybody has the means to implement OOXML (.docx, ...). But it has been discussed at length in this discussion already. Note that by Égalité, you mean that everyone should be allowed to use the format he wants. My opinion is that the Égalité is to use the same format (hence the importance of the interoperability). However, they are free in their choice of what format or application they want to use. The free choice falls in the Liberté for me.
For me there is a political dimension in joining Open Office. And also imortant one in this times. [...] I am sorry for drifting into idological point of view, but it explains my feelings pretty well.
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