Last you heard perhaps. I open a document on GDocs today, and I could save it on ODF.
Best, Charles. Le Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:28:49 +0100 (BST), Tom Davies <[email protected]> a écrit : > Hi :) > Have you used Google-docs recently? Last i heard, and that was just > a month or so ago, Google-docs stopped allowing people to use ODF. > > FSF supports ODF aswell as supporting LibreOffice and TDF. They are > separate issues though. Part of their campaign for ODF includes the > crucial point that it can be used (or is even "the native format" of) > quite a large range of different products. Regards from Tom :) > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Immanuel Giulea <[email protected]> > >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> > >Cc: "[email protected]" > ><[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, > >12:13 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Campaign for ODF file > >formats? > > > > > >On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Tom Davies > ><[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi :) > >> If we were to target certain companies to try to "get them > >> onboard" with ODF then it might be good to start with our own > >> "supporters". Low hanging fruit should be easier, right? > >> Google-docs doesn't allow people to use ODF!! Actually i think > >> ODF usage has improved quite a bit now that MS Office supports > >> it. It's really odd to have Google as one of the remaining > >> barriers! > >> > > > >I am not the biggest fan of Google, but in all fairness ODF is > >supported by Google. You can open and edit ODT files. And ODS files. > >As for ODP files I can't comment I never made slides on Google, I > >prefer Impress. > > > > > > > >> I think quite a few people do "Ask websites that provide editable > >> files in Word/Excel/PowerPoint to alternately or additionally > >> provide versions in an ODF format." and it might be good to let > >> such people know that there are groups they could join that might > >> help them be more effective. OASIS and the FSF are 2 such > >> organisations that would be great to promote to TDF's mailing > >> lists. An announcement now might build-up momentum. The timing > >> would be about perfect right now. > >> > > > >FSF supports LibreOffice as a free software, so it would be great. > >OASIS is the backer of the OpenDocument Format (I prefer to use the > >long name). > > > > > >> Regards from > >> Tom :) > >> > > > > > >Other notes: > >Other efforts can be done with governments. > >For example NATO has adopted ODF as an international file standard, > >but not all member countries have this standard themselves. > >ODF is also ISO. > > > > > >Cheers from Montreal > >Immanuel > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >________________________________ > >> > From: Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> > >> >To: [email protected] > >> >Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 9:59 > >> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Campaign for ODF file > >> >formats? > >> > > >> > > >> >Hello Robinson, > >> > > >> >Le Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:29:10 -0400, > >> >Robinson Tryon <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> > > >> >> The PDF Readers campaign[1] recently contacted LibreOffice and > >> >> asked us to promote the use of Free Software readers for PDF > >> >> file formats. We had a brief discussion[2] on the website > >> >> mailing list, and I had the idea that it might be helpful for > >> >> LibreOffice if we or the FSFE ran a similar campaign for ODF. > >> >> > >> >> There are several directions such a campaign could take; here > >> >> are some of my first thoughts: > >> >> > >> >> 1) Promote the use of standardized icons for ODF files, both > >> >> when listing files for download, or when listing system > >> >> capabilities/allowed upload formats. > >> >> > >> >> (Question: Is there a standardized set of icons for ODF files?) > >> > > >> > > >> >There was a big debate a long time ago and the answer was that it > >> >would not really work. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> 2) Promote the use of Free Software for reading/writing ODF file > >> >> formats. > >> > > >> > > >> >I assume you're familiar with the Document Freedom Day? We > >> >participate to it too. But at the risk of playing the devil's > >> >advocate, we promote the use of open standards and ODF, however, > >> >promoting the use of Free Software for ODF file goes exactly > >> >against the initial purpose: open standards are open to everyone, > >> >even proprietary software. That's their value and their > >> >importance. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> 3) Ask websites that provide ODF files to link to our list of > >> >> ODF-compatible Free Software. > >> > > >> >our list --> you may rather want to have them link to the > >> >wikipedia entry on ODF. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Following the concept of the PDF Readers campaign, we could get > >> >> a domain like 'odf-software.org' and provide HTML and campaign > >> >> badges/icons to make it trivial to link to the site. > >> > > >> > > >> >Yes, but.... why should it be up to us? It could be up to the > >> >OASIS Consortium and other movements to take care of that. I > >> >sound reluctant here not because I'm not interested but because > >> >it's very important to realize that we are an implementor of ODF. > >> >ODF as such is vendor neutral and while we ought to push the use > >> >of ODF we cannot "take over" the promotion of ODF. > >> >> > >> >> 4) Ask websites that provide editable files in > >> >> Word/Excel/PowerPoint to alternately or additionally provide > >> >> versions in an ODF format. > >> > > >> > > >> >Preaching to the choir :-) Actually Wikipedia / Wikimedia already > >> >provide the ability to create ODF documents based on a collection > >> >of articles. > >> > > >> >Best, > >> > > >> >Charles. > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Cheers, > >> >> --R > >> >> > >> >> [1] http://pdfreaders.org/ > >> >> [2] > >> >> http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/msg11433.html > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Charles-H. 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