+1 -----Original Message----- From: Simon Phipps [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 07:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [discuss] remove of binfilter module
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Mathias Bauer <[email protected]>wrote: > > It was more than one filter; we had filters that imported Lotus 1-2-3 and > Excel spreadsheets(!) into Writer documents, but not any current formats, > but some versions from the stone age (DOS aera). > > The mere fact that nobody knew that these filters existed at all showed me > pretty clearly that obviously noone will miss them. > "No-one" is a bit strong. OOo has a reputation as a "fix" for broken files, old formats and interop problems and it would be a shame to discard capabilities. I can see the point of isolating the code to simplify the engineering, but preserving the capability is important. S.
