On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 15:38 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > On 9/23/05, Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > We've been using OOo2 exclusively in our office with essentially ZERO > > problems for the last 6 months, so don't know where that 'mythological > > beast' comment came from. The dev builds of OOo2 have been *much* more > > stable than *any* of the OOo1 builds ever were, at least in our small > > office of 40 users, and with much less file format compatability issues > > to boot. > > Exactly - you've been using a developer snap-shot beta build for 6 months. A > beta build of a program that was supposed to be production ready over a year > ago. 2.0 is still very much vaporware. I'm sure 2.0 will be great - if it > ever happens. You are splitting hairs. OOo 2 is in beta 2. That is not vaporware, vaporware is when someone starts selling advanced orders of something that has never even been written or is under lock and key so no-one has any real evidence it exists. OOo2 exists and can be seen to move to a more and more finished state. In fact no piece of software is ever finished in that all non-trivial apps will have bugs. Its a rather arbitrary line that is drawn as to when something is considered ready to release. Its arguable that some commercial apps never get beyond beta but get released anyway. So on your logic, since MSO 12 is vapourware as its not yet officially released and has a smaller market share than OOo 1.1.4, it is a no hope app. It'll be interesting to see if it ever gets a bigger market share than OOo, it certainly isn't a foregone conclusion. People haven't exactly rushed to upgrade to 2003 from Office 97, 2000 and XP. And for MS, legacy users who pay them no money are about as useful as a chocolate teapot. > Why not simply create an OASIS file filter for Microsoft Office that > > anyone can d/l and install with just a few clicks of a button? Then, to > > get *FULL* file format interoperability, all a MSO user has to do is > > install the filter. It already exists, its called OOo. Of course .doc is still not fully known so full file format interoperability can't be absolutely certain any more than with current filters. In fact ODF goes wider than office software - Alexandro gave some examples of why. Internet interoperability is the name of the game and .doc doesn't hack it, its yesterday's technology and MS know it. That is why they are trying to hijack XML and get proprietary lock in to it. Its not just office documents that are at stake, its the whole freedom of the internet. If you want a free and open internet, back ODF. > Go ahead. Please feel free to create it. If you have the time and resources, there are higher priorities. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
