> Stand-alone viewers exist for MS Office files meaning that you don't > have to have Office installed to view them. These viewers are freely > available from Microsoft. So I have to use Microsoft Windows? What if I find GNU/Linux better for me?
> This means that we have to have "simple" lightweight viewers for OOo > files to avoid people downloading a 60Mb installer when they just want > to read a document. I'm not talking about simple viewers, I'm talking about people changing their ways and editing documents that aren't in secret formats. Steve On Mar 22 20:38PM, Nomax wrote: > Good idea but there's one major problem: > > Stand-alone viewers exist for MS Office files meaning that you don't > have to have Office installed to view them. These viewers are freely > available from Microsoft. > > This means that we have to have "simple" lightweight viewers for OOo > files to avoid people downloading a 60Mb installer when they just want > to read a document. > > Steve C. Thompson wrote: > > >Group, > > > >I'm tired of people sending me Microsoft Office files. This is a threat > >to my freedom and my bank account: the sender is expecting me to use a > >secret format, controlled by a powerful corporation; and it is a very > >expensive product. > > > >I propose that we stop accepting such files. > > > >This might not be immediately practical, so how about an alternative > >solution: Open the file, save it into OOo's native format (SXI), then > >send it back to them. If they ask what is this, say: ``Oh, it is an > >open format ... You don't don't OpenOffice.org installed on your > >computer? ... Install it and you can view my attachment.'' Help them > >with the install if need be. > > > >This might seams harsh, but it is exactly what they are doing to us by > >sending DOC/PPT/XLS etc. By sending them SXI, however, we are not > >threatening freedom nor personal bank accounts. > > > >The tide is turning, we must all help make it happen. Get two friends > >to start using OOo. > > > >(Apologies for the lecture, and I know that this isn't a new or novel > >idea, but I had to get it off my chest, and an OOo mailing groups seems > >like a suitable venue.) > > > >Steve > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Get Firefox <http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=822&t=1> and > visit Arcade Belgium <http://www.arcadebelgium.be/>! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
