On Sat Oct 16 2010 08:48:18 GMT-0700 (PDT) Wm Stewart wrote:
Hi Marco, I absolutely agree that ODF should be the world-wide standard.
But what is the best way to get there?
The evidence so far shows it won't happen as long as MS Office is the
world-wide standard, ODF plugin or not. However, it would happen much
more quickly if OO was the world-wide standard. This is my point.
Switch the software and the format will follow.
So, first things first. The evidence, including the two links I
included in my original post with real user input, strongly shows that
the simple way to make OO the world wide standard is to provide it with
complete compatibility with existing MS formats, as the first step.
Fundamentally I believe "embrace and replace" is a much more clever and
successful strategy than an all or nothing fight, which so far we (OO)
are losing - a niche product not widely used in business or government
because it is not completely compatible with the "facts on the ground" -
the vast majority of existing documents.
How do you propose to make OOo 100% compatible with MSO? The structure
of the files is closed so no one but MS has them. Reverse engineering
can only do so much. _IF_ MS used a published format that everyone
could access then it would be easy to do, but they don't.
Andy
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