[odf-discuss] News on MS pluggin

[Russell Ossendryver]

MS Plugin set for Oct 23 release:

http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39163264,00.htm

On 10/17/06, Thomas Zander <zander at kde.org> wrote:
> Hi marbux.
> I rather enjoyed reading that email. Thanks!
>
> On Monday 16 October 2006 23:21, marbux wrote:
> > > This is exactly what KOffice2 is focussing on. To have a lot better system
> > > then any other suite out there for integrating office components in other
> > > office applications. And I'm pretty sure it will not be limited to just
> > > embedding in office apps. Embedding the text component in email apps or
> > > IM apps certainly has value as well.
> > >
> > > I won't go into details as its too far off topic, but I'm sure you'll be
> > > happily surprised when KOffice2 comes out and the months that follow
> > > where people start to build on top of the component model we created.
> >
> > I'm interested in learning more and maybe in participating. Got a starter
> > link or two? I feel like there's no alternative to OOo for our project over
> > the short term because of its feature set, but it's definitely not a
> > platform we should build on over the longer term.
>
> http://www.koffice.org
> http://dot.kde.org/1149518002/
> Follow the 'flake' link there for some more impressions.
>
> and a rather old blog of mine that shows the non-monolithic nature of our
> approach best; http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2170
> In KOffice even the text shape is a plugin (without which KWord would be
> pretty useless ;)
>
> --
> Thomas Zander
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