Group tackles OpenOffice desktop spec (News.com)
Group tackles OpenOffice desktop spec (News.com)
Posted Nov 21, 2002 22:41 UTC (Thu) by jwharmanny (guest, #971)Parent article: Group tackles OpenOffice desktop spec (News.com)
That specification would be great. The current OOo file format specification is more then 300 pages long. There is no way to correctly implement it in an import filter, and exporting is usually even worse.
Some time ago, RMS started a campaign against ms-Word attachments. But the problem I encountered is, that there is no viable alternative to .doc. Of cource RTF usually works fine, but for busines use it's not enough. Sometimes I even send HTML files because there's no other option.
GNU/Linux office really needs an alternative to .doc. But as long as AbiWord, KWord, OOo Writer, SO Writer, XPW, and the ones I forget, each use their own file format, Linux office will never fully integrate in large networks.
Free Software is all about choice. But it is also about working together. XML could really help.
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