Pretty audacious, if merit on the project came in fluid form, Glen would have gallons.
Lets save everyone a little time and trouble active committers please sound off. How many of you feel that you'd like to offer your services for free to someone developing a proprietary fork of this project? So far: Andrew C. Oliver - No. Glen Stampoultzis (expertise: HSSF, Graphing, Escher, Code generation, original advocate for unit tests, second oldest timer on the project) - No Rainer Klute Ryan Ackley Avik Sengupta Shawn Laubach Danny Mui Jason Height Assuming it isn't a majority, then you can contact that/those individuals directly instead of flooding the users list with questions that do not interest users of POI or potentially start a proprietary-poi-fork list somewhere else. -Andy -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? > From: "Kais Dukes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "POI Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:46:25 -0000 > To: "POI Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Problem generating a large file when following the POIFSstandard > > Hi Glen > > I respect what you are saying, but that doesnt mean that others should be > barred from offering free information if they want to, where it relates > directly to POI. > > -- Kais > > -----Original Message----- > From: Glen Stampoultzis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 February 2004 02:08 > To: POI Users List > Subject: RE: Problem generating a large file when following the > POIFSstandard > > > You are right: the knowledge is the most valuable part. That's why we > prefer to be paid for that knowledge. Sometimes we give way that knowledge > for free but that's our choice and it's usually to further the cause of the > open source we are involved in and not to act as an unpaid employee. > > At 09:49 AM 26/02/2004, you wrote: >> Dear Andrew, >> >> The code itself is only one part of the project. Perhaps even more valuable >> than actual code is the documentation, and knowledge that poeple in this >> group have. Its important to discuss the actual standards themselves. The >> fact that Microsoft dont discuss these things, or make them public is >> EXACTLY the reason why this project is so valuable. Perhaps we shouldn't be >> so quick to turn away people asking questions about how POIFS persistance >> works. Answering these questions will help people understand the code, and >> find bugs, etc. >> >> The service is not free? Perhaps your time is not free, but if people are >> asking questions about how POIFS works, Im happy to provide a free service, >> wherever I can help. The quesiton was not C++ specific, it was merely about >> the POIFS standard, so I think it's perfectly acceptable. >> >> I dont think you should have to donate code in order to get an answer about >> how existing code works, even if you are deriving something from it, >> especially under an Apache license. >> >> -- Kais >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 25 February 2004 22:40 >> To: POI Users List >> Subject: Re: Problem generating a large file when following the >> POIFSstandard >> >> >> Unless you plan to donate the C++ code to the project, I'm not sure this is >> the appropriate place to ask your question. The source is open and free, >> the service (like helping you work on a proprietary language fork of POI) >> isn't. >> -- >> Andrew C. Oliver >> http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp >> Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI >> >> http://jakarta.apache.org/poi >> For Java and Excel, Got POI? >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and are almost >> definitely not shared by the Apache Software Foundation, its board or its >> general membership. In fact they probably most definitively disagree with >> everything espoused in the above email. >> >>> From: "Brandon Belvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Organization: Information Systems Support, Inc. >>> Reply-To: "POI Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:04:00 -0600 >>> To: "POI User Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Problem generating a large file when following the POIFS > standard >>> >>> As an add-on to an existing database front-end application, we have >> allowed >>> the user to export their report's data to Excel. Following POIFS' >>> standards, we used C++ to write the Excel file. Upon testing, we >> discovered >>> our code works perfectly for files under 6.8 MB. For files larger than >> 6.8 >>> MB, it is necessary to use an XBAT. Excel will no longer open the file. >>> The error message states the file is not repairable and cannot extract >> data >>> from the file. >>> >>> We adapted the code to calculate the number of XBATs needed and made >>> appropriate changes to the self-description in the BATs. I've even gone >> so >>> far as to compare our generated file in HEX to an Excel XP file. >> Everything >>> looks the same for same-size files with the exception that we do not >>> compress our string table. >>> >>> At this point, OpenOffice will successfully open the file but Excel will >>> not. If we save the OpenOffice file as an Excel file, it does open >>> properly. Since we cannot ask our customers to do this, this is not an >>> viable solution. >>> >>> What potential pitfalls might we have fallen into? I'm thinking the >> problem >>> is related to our implementation of the XBAT, but I'm not sure since it >>> looks the same as an Excel XP file. I'd be more than willing to provide > a >>> generated file to anyone who is able to help. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Brandon Belvin >>> Information Systems Support, Inc. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Glen Stampoultzis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~gstamp/glen/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
