2008/6/17 Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> It can read and write documents in Microsoft >> format (*not* the latest "2007" format) but it is primarily designed to >> implement the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) which many >> governments >> and other national and international bodies require. >> > > I think I know what you mean, but I doubt you could substantiate what you > actually wrote, that OOo is "primarily designed to implement the ISO > standard Open Document Format". OOo version 1 didn't even use ODF. > > It seems to me that OOo was and is "primarily designed" to provide an > office suite for computer users (based on StarOffice but also to some extent > including the look and format and features of Microsoft Office). > > ODF grew more from OpenOffice than vice versa. > > Jim Allan > > I sit corrected.
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