Re: Thank you everyone for a wonderful GUADEC 2007

2007-07-24 Thread Claudio Saavedra
On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 16:36 +0200, Anne Østergaard wrote: > > It is also a pleasure for me to inform you all that next years GUADEC > 2008 will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Congratulations Barış and everyone behind this proposal! Claudio -- Claudio Saavedra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents

2007-07-24 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Richard, Thanks for your mail. On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 19:09 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > You are right that open standards cannot substitute for free software, > but that's a different issue. Sure; however - in the presence of resource scarcity such as face-time, or credibi

Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents

2007-07-24 Thread Miguel de Icaza
> "Use OpenOffice.org 1.1 line spacing" this argument is funny, and was > addressed at the Portuguese Technical Commission. > > There is an essential difference between > SecretRuleYouCan'tKnowOfProductFuBar and > UnderSpecifiedRuleYouCanReadSourceCodeToCompleteKnowledge They are all underspecif

Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents

2007-07-24 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 03:37:06PM -0400, Miguel de Icaza wrote: > Hello, > > > > > Also, why do you say the format is open? Can you tell me how Word95 does > > > > auto-space ? > > > > > > Can you tell me how ODF lays out paragraphs or does line-breaking or > > > wraps text to shaped embedded

Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents

2007-07-24 Thread Miguel de Icaza
Hello, > > > Also, why do you say the format is open? Can you tell me how Word95 does > > > auto-space ? > > > > Can you tell me how ODF lays out paragraphs or does line-breaking or > > wraps text to shaped embedded objects or ... ? > > Nothing in OOXML spec explains how Word95 does autospac

Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents

2007-07-24 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 05:58:34PM +0100, Michael Meeks wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 20:22 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > Also, why do you say the format is open? Can you tell me how Word95 does > > auto-space ? > > Can you tell me how ODF lays out paragraphs or does line-breaki

Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents

2007-07-24 Thread Michael Meeks
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 20:22 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > Also, why do you say the format is open? Can you tell me how Word95 does > auto-space ? Can you tell me how ODF lays out paragraphs or does line-breaking or wraps text to shaped embedded objects or ... ? All the

Re: Thank you everyone for a wonderful GUADEC 2007

2007-07-24 Thread gil forcada
+100 to the organisers! and see all of you next year El dt 24 de 07 del 2007 a les 16:36 +0200, en/na Anne Østergaard va escriure: > Thank you everyone for a wonderful GUADEC 2007 in Birmingham. > > Special thanks to Paul Cooper and Thomas Wood & The Team. > > For those of you who was not there