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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