On 2011-01-02 12:07 PM, Mark Preston wrote: > Please remember that both LibO and OpenO can already *read* the > formats and the issue is whether or not it is practical or pragmatic > to put effort into developing something to *write* the OOXML form.
Eh? It already can write them. Why go backwards? There definitely needs to be a warning when doing the Save-As, but going backwards (ie, removing the ability to write them) would be counter-productive at best. FLOSS philosophical arguments have no place here. They are fine for a philosophical debate, or even for some of our LibO Marketing efforts, but pointless in interacting in the practical reality of a Microsoft dominated Corporate software landscape. One thing that could probably help a lot in this regard would be a page or two with specific details on how to Save-As to the different formats that LibO users could link to in emails they send to their Clients/Customers/Vendors when requesting a document in a different version. These pages could go to great care to be non-political, but also provide links to other on-line resources that discussed the philosophical differences, while refraining from engaging in any negativity about Microsoft or any other commercial software vendors... -- Best regards, Charles -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
