[odf-discuss] OOo OOXML filters

[Daniel Carrera]

On Mon, 2006-11-12 at 17:48 -0500, Carlos Moffat wrote:
> I see. That's interesting, as I thought OOXML was a completely different
> animal from the previous (binary formats). That is, I thought
> feature-wise OOXML was a close cousin, of course, but that their guts
> were quite different.

I went to a presentation from Michael Meeks at LugRadio. He said that
OXML actually helped them with the binary formats.


> I thinks it makes both ODF and OO stronger. But there seems to be a
> (mistaken, in my opinion) belief that the strategy should be to impede
> OOXML features in OO and instead convince people to use ODF. That is, a
> variant of the strategy Microsoft has used many times before.

Indeed. Let's define two groups of people:

A = People who must use ODF but would like to switch to OXML.
B = People who must use OXML but would like to switch to ODF.

If A > B then easy conversion ODF<->OXML would harm ODF.
If A < B then easy conversion ODF<->OXML would benefit ODF.

I believe A < B.

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
"I AM in shape. Round IS a shape."
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