On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 08:23:04 AM +0100, Ben Dare wrote: > I'm finding this whole idea very interesting. One concern, not all > of us run slick, up-to-date, computers; would this integrated > approach vastly increase the memory/processor use?
excellent question, both because software pollutes (http://digifreedom.net/node/81) and because this is an age when low-power devices like cell phones or simply the Asus EEE Pc and friends will increase their "demand" for office files. > Would it be workable to universalise the file format so that every > file opened in every program but you still retained the specific > focus of each program with a general all-round use? I'd assume that most of the problem is in the _software_, that is the user interface, rather than in the file format. This said, the most important thing in this period is to spread OpenDocument as is, because this is the only practical way to put an end for good to the Microsoft monopoly and to the very idea that any single private company should have a right to dictate which *alphabet* we use for our digital communications and to change it at will every other year to sell new software. For more on this, see: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8616 http://www.opendocumentfellowship.com/files/Open_formats_favor_innovation_LEM_Pisa.pdf http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8 OpenDocument isn't perfect, but is the only realistic way there is to make things better before it's too late. Anything delaying its diffusion, including well-meaning proposals to reshuffle it to answer the original question of this thread would do much more harm than good, in my opinion. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
