Hi :) This thread has gone waaay off-topic. Continuing with that = this wikipedia guide might be interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization#Criticism
I think the question that started this thread has been solved but i'm not completely certain. Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: e-letter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 8 September, 2011 10:16:54 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc corrupted an Excel xlsx file, should I report a bug? On 07/09/2011, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: ... > > Now that ODF 1.2 does have an agreed specification for formulas and requires > that to be used in fully-conforming ODF 1.2 Spreadsheet documents, we will > see how implementations line up as there are releases from everyone that > support OpenFormula. I believe that LibreOffice is already using > OpenFormula in current releases. Microsoft's support for ODF 1.2 is not > known at this time, although there is a meeting in Brussels in April where > Microsoft is expected to provide more information. > The default specification for LO is 12extended that I am now using. So supposing m$ suddenly provides support for ods12, does that mean I would have to change the LO specification down from 12extended to 12 so that formulas are preserved for other ods12 programs? > > Eike Rathke, here, was one of the major contributors to the definition of > OpenFormula, now in ODF 1.2, that will also be in an international standard > once ODF 1.2 is accepted by ISO. > It would be appreciated to receive notification when this specification is accepted. Is m$ surreptitiously trying to prevent/delay iso acceptance, or now bribing (sorry, wrong word, "suggesting") iso to adopt some m$ooxmlooformula alternative? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
