On Fri October 21 2005 21:53, Chad Smith wrote:
> 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.

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