On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 13:34 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
> Dave Pawson wrote:
> > 1. Please note that odf is now an ISO standard :-)
> >   
> 
> This is something worth pushing.
> 
> > 2. And that Open Office is working hard to become fully accessible
> > to eyes free users.
> >   
> 
> Do we know how it compares with (eg) MS in this regard?

The only area that is coming very hard is tables
in the 'presentation' package. They use SVG and
we want a standard table model.
That may not be accessible for another version yet.




> 
> Ie is OOo playing catch-up or leading the field?
That's perspective, and I'm biassed :-)



> It appears that this guy is respected well beyond the bounds of his
> school, so there may be the opportunity to kick off a domino effect.

That's a common way into an area.
Pick up the early adopters and the followers follow.


> 
-- 
Regards, 

Dave Pawson
XSLT + Docbook FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk


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