I can't help wondering how the vote will go in February.... Henri
2007/11/5, Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > NoOp wrote: > > > BTW: has anyone here tried the daVinci - ACME 376 > > plugin? No source code, so I'm not willing to give it a go just to find > > out if it works or not. > This is VaporWare, they never released anything than their "demo". > > The basic idea of "Da Vinci Plugin" was to convert OOXML files into > something that they wanted to name "ODF" because it used the ODF > vocabulary but that couldn't be understood by any other application than > MSOffice. They even admitted that on their web page! This says a lot > about them. > > No wonder that all other ODF TC members didn't share their opinion about > what can be named ODF and what not. So they decided to put the blame on > the ODF TC and moved on to pollute the next standard. Poor CDF guys, > they have all my sympathy. > > But not only for that reason they won't be missed. They had a very > offensive and insulting discussion style (especially that "marbux" guy) > and tried to infiltrate the OASIS TC by flooding it with their > "members". If this strategy reminds you on something: yes, that's the > same strategy Microsoft used to take over command in the national > standards committees that should give a recommendation about making > OOXML an ISO standard. Go figure. > > Fortunately the OASIS rules forbid such infiltration strategy. > > Ciao, > Mathias > > -- > Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer > OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS > Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- 老朽 頓首 M Henri Day, PhD, MD Stadshagsvägen 22, 5tr S-112 50 Stockholm SUÈDE Tel : +46 8 6183098 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype/Google Talk : mhenriday http://mhenriday.googlepages.com http://mhenriday.blogspot.com/
