On 10/15/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chad Smith wrote: > > > IBM Workplace > > is YAOD (Yet Another OOo Derivitive). So is EasyOffice. > > Can you give evidence for that claim about EasyOffice? The software > bundle is very different from OOo's offering, and the screenshots look > totally different.
http://www.e-press.com/products/comparisons.html They just threw OOo in the download, and added some hooks. It's their "Open Source" part. If you open something in EasyOFfice, there is an option to "Open in Open Source Word Processor" - that opens OOo Writer. And it is how they claim to have PDF export. Most of what they offer is just repackaged stuff from other people. Some open source, some not. > I've never heard of Apache Lenya > > Because you don't use content management systems very often. What does that have to do with an office suite format? > 602PC Suite is probably just using OOo's code too. > > Speaking from true ignorance. No, 602PC Suite is not based on OOo. It might not be now, but, it's probably just going to "borrow" some code (or all of it) from OOo in their ODF version. I know that 602PC Suite is planning to support ODF because a member of > the OpenDocument Fellowship talked to them and they said they were > working on it. Microsoft is a member of OASIS - that doesn't prove anything. Incidentally, I also mentioned TextMaker. They are not based on OOo either. > > > Over 3 years to get 25% saturation? It's almost worth it. But you > yourself, > > coder as you are, could create hacked filters for Microsoft Office in > those > > three-years time, and claim the victory. > > > > I'd take you up on it if we made it this way - if by January 1, 2009, > enough > > office suites *NATIVELY* support the OpenDocument Format to make up 25% > of > > the market share - then I'd make the bet. > > Let's say that "natively" means that the default install has an option > under "File > Save As" for OpenDocument. *NOT* that it is the default > format (I expect Corel, Abiword and Gnumeric to be in this category). > Also, I didn't say "office suite". If someone uses Abiword and Gnumeric > instead of OOo, I still want to count it. The point is about the > penetration of the format. Right, that's good enough. The default download includes the ability to Read, Edit, and Create ODF formats. And AbiWord and Gnumeric can count - but not some Content Management System. We're talking about Word Processing, Spreadsheets, and Presentations. - Chad Smith
