Hi Dave, all, Am 27.05.20 um 16:26 schrieb Dave Fisher: > >> On May 27, 2020, at 7:18 AM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> Pedro; >> Comments in-line >> >> On 5/26/2020 5:18 PM, Pedro Lino wrote: >>>> Plus your your phrasing >>>> leaves it wide open for people to complain about PDF files same as they >>>> already do. >>> PDF is not an editable format and it is not from any of the "major >>> competitor" suites. In any case you can open PDF files in OpenOffice. Just >>> install the PDF Import extension. >>> >> Yes PDF is an editable format, you just need to have a PDF editor. The >> fact is that user@ is full of people complaining that AOO will not open >> there PDF files. > Yes, PDF can be edited. > >>>> As we no longer open Word Perfect files then Your >>>> phraseology is no longer correct either. >>> I'm almost sure WordPerfect is no longer a "major competitor"... >>> Unfortunately I can't find any usage statistics for any office suite to >>> check who are in fact the "major" and if they use any proprietary file >>> types other than Microsoft's... >>> >> Whether they are a "major competitor" or not is irrelevant, there 2020 >> office suite is a competitor and we do not open any of there file >> formats for word processing, spreadsheet, or presentation. > These “Why OpenOffice” sections were written in Sun and Oracle times and > simply ported. Competitors is not the correct term for other myriad document > formats. We don’t have a large company funding our efforts to “compete”. > > A more major effort to rewrite this part of the website makes sense to me. I > don’t how much time I have for that effort, but …
Yes, this part of the webpage should really be rewritten. But looking at how long it took us to discuss only a fraction of a sentence that will take take a loooong time. That said, I step back from doing anything in this specific matter. If someone wants to change that little part of a sentence, please go ahead! Regards, Matthias > > Regards, > Dave > > >> Regards >> Keith >> >>> Regards, >>> Pedro >>> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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