https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94126
--- Comment #8 from Beluga <[email protected]> --- I am aware of the sad "starve the beast" economic policy that started to gain ground sometime in the 1970s in the U.S. Yet, the U.S. remains the richest country in the world and its citizens are thus uniquely positioned to make things happen, whether with government or private funds. 100% compatibility with .DOC files is a very hard problem. It is a binary file format unlike the newer .DOCX. More about the problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_%28computing%29#Specification There are few experts currently among the active developers able to improve .DOC support, perhaps only one. However, there are other ways to contribute besides hiring expensive professionals. The quality assurance team does work that makes it faster for developers to tackle bugs. If only a quarter of the 1,000 users you mention would test one bug report per month, we would be on a whole new level. I'm thinking about perhaps using a single Bugzilla account, not subscribing to bug mail, skipping any difficult reports. I am always ready to guide new bug triagers, even if there are 250 of them. This is a good read on the realities of the project, from a U.S.-based TDF board & QA team member: https://joelmadero.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/user-expectations-and-the-reality-of-our-community/ -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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