On 10/21/05, Doug Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nicu Buculei wrote: > > Chad Smith wrote: > > > >> On 10/20/05, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The OpenDocument format can be used by any office application, > >> > >> *WHAT?* If by "any office application" you mean OpenOffice.org - > >> StarOffice and KOffice - then sure. > >> > >> Can we *PLEASE* be a little HONEST here? > > > > > > Can be used = the specifications are public and free, so "any office > > application" can use OpenDocument it it will implement input filters > > > Some people just aren't happy unless they can find something to complain > about. It's especially entertaining when issuing the complaints is more > important than the real facts of the matter.
The real facts of the matter are ISO haven't approved OpenDocument, so calling it an international standard is misleading. The real facts of the matter are that any office suite *could* create a filter for OpenDocument - *NONE* of them have, except OOo, its deriviatives, and KOffice. (Has KOffice even implemented yet? Or are they still in the "we plan to" stage?) The real facts of the matter are that OOo 2.0 *SHOULD* have something more to offer than a new file format that nobody else uses. Those are the real facts. I agree that it's a little entertaining, but mostly frustrating, when so many people ignore these real facts of the matter and go around complaining when someone points out the truth. -- - Chad Smith
