here's a thought, I see we're creating an ODF toolkit to allow any developer to use ODF without having openoffice installed.
Why not utilise the OOo MS file filter code base (.doc, .xls etc), which has been increasing in ability significantly, even if far from perfect, to create a platform indepent MS office file library. And provide easily accessible documentation on what the team has learnt about the arcane workings of these files, like the linux NTFS project. Afterall firstly there's nothing wrong with our clean room implementations, secondly we can't hide from the fact that other applications who are likely to need to 'use documents' will come accross MS documents in their lifetime. And thirdly, and this is a significant one, with the new wave of MS Open XML that threatens to flood the scene the very same applications will still benefit greatly from access to something that has an understanding of the old formats. Due to the bad way MS OXML is designed. -- Chris Monahan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
