On Tuesday 07 November 2006 21:03, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
It was interesting reading and very full of marketing-speak. I had a good laugh (or cry) at the ODF/OOXML portion.
What was wrong with that section? Isn't one of the things holding Linux back from the desktop the lack of compatability with what is used on MS products?
Yes, that has been a sticking point. Having to reverse-engineer MS Word/Excel formats has kept people from using OOo and other items in more numbers. However, there has been an attempt to create a standard non-proprietary format for the past few years. There was a big issue in the US in the State of Massachusetts where they attempted to to go with all ODF format. Microsoft came out and defended their formats and proposed the OOXML format for Office 13 (2007) instead. Of course, the Open Office folks didn't like that and we once again are in the middle of a struggle for "my way is better than yours." Sigh... -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com