Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-10-01 Thread Richard Travers
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:44:30 Jim Hartley wrote: No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the planet, only those they can control and change when it suits their purposes.

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-10-01 Thread linuxmaillists
On Monday 01 October 2007 09:45:05 Richard Travers wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:44:30 Jim Hartley wrote: No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the planet, only those

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-30 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:03:41 Fred A. Miller wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 18:48:50 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Windows can't support every file format in the planet. But that is exactly what Microsoft is

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-30 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:44:30 Jim Hartley wrote: No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the planet, only those they can control and change when it suits their purposes. OOXML was DELIBERATELY written with with ambiguities and vague

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-30 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
James Knott wrote: Here's you're saying MS is trying to support every file format in the world. Later you try to argue that what you're saying is what others are saying. My reading is that you are both saying the same thing... The other guy is (in my reading) arguing this through the ooxml

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-30 Thread linuxmaillists
On Sunday 30 September 2007 07:15:36 James Knott wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:44:30 Jim Hartley wrote: No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the planet, only those they can control and change when it suits their purposes. OOXML was

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-30 Thread linuxmaillists
On Sunday 30 September 2007 07:12:17 James Knott wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:03:41 Fred A. Miller wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 18:48:50 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Windows can't support every file format in the planet.

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread jonathon
On 9/29/07, S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Does anybody know when IFilter (Vista Built-In Search) support is going to be available? Without a court order, never. With a court order, after Microsoft has paid $US$5 000 000 in fines for failing to abide by the court order. Are there any plans to

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread S. A. Gnezdov
: Saturday, September 29, 2007 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview) On 9/29/07, S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Does anybody know when IFilter (Vista Built-In Search) support is going to be available? Without a court order, never. With a court order, after Microsoft has paid $US$5

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread jonathon
S. A. Gnezdov wrote: IFilter is a standard protocol. What's here to prevent? It is a protocol created by Microsoft. Read the license for the tools that implement it. OpenOffice is a provider of the document format that's not supported by Windows. Windows can't support every file format

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread Jim Hartley
No, they can't, that's true. But we are not talking about ANY FORMAT, we are talking about a recognized INTERNATIONAL format, ODF. A format designed to provide an open accessible way of storing data. A format designed to make sure that files can be read way, way into the future, regardless of

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread Jim Hartley
No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the planet, only those they can control and change when it suits their purposes. OOXML was DELIBERATELY written with with ambiguities and vague descriptions so that if someone else DOES try to implement it M$ has lots of room to say, Oh, no,

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread Fred A. Miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 18:48:50 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Windows can't support every file format in the planet. But that is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do. NOT hardly. ONLY if they're put into a very tight bind do they even attempt it. Fred -- This

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 29 September 2007 18:48:50 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Windows can't support every file format in the planet. But that is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do. -- http://24.197.142.167/ See the OpenOffice.org FAQ Microsoft users go to http://www.pclinuxos.com for a great user friendly

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:03:41 Fred A. Miller wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 29 September 2007 18:48:50 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Windows can't support every file format in the planet. But that is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do. NOT hardly. ONLY if they're put

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-29 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:44:30 Jim Hartley wrote: No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the planet, only those they can control and change when it suits their purposes. OOXML was DELIBERATELY written with with ambiguities and vague descriptions so that if someone else

[users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-28 Thread S. A. Gnezdov
Does anybody know when IFilter (Vista Built-In Search) is support is going to be available? Are there any plans to support document previews built into explorer on Vista? I have OpenOffice 2.3 and it still does not support any of the mentioned features. Below is the original message that

Re: [users] Vista Support (IFilter and Preview)

2007-09-28 Thread linuxmaillists
On Saturday 29 September 2007 01:06:56 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: Does anybody know when IFilter (Vista Built-In Search) is support is going to be available? Are there any plans to support document previews built into explorer on Vista? I have OpenOffice 2.3 and it still does not support any of the