[odf-discuss] Abiword gets requests for OOXML, not ODF

[robert_weir at us.ibm.com]

odf-discuss-bounces at opendocumentfellowship.com wrote on 05/12/2008 
07:41:08 AM:

> Here's one:
> 
> the author mistakes the narrow specific case for the general. It should 
read:
> 
> "Apparently the support for the OpenDocument ISO standard isn't strong
> enough in the AbiSource community to actually make an effort to
> improve support for it. Even when paid. Food for thought."
> 
> Yes, very much food for thought. Suggests AbiSource community really
> doesn't get it. Open source needs to get behind open standards and
> until it does will just be playing catch-up and just be used on the
> fringe.
> 

Here's how I interpret it.  The enthusiasm for adding or improving ODF 
support for the N+1 word processor, decreases as N increases.  I wouldn't 
expect much excitement in a Google Summer of Code project for improving 
ODF support in the 6th most popular ODF-supporting word processor.

Also, writing new code is always more fun than cleaning up existing code. 
I'd expect in an self-selecting arrangement like Summer of Code, that most 
project proposals will be for new projects, or adding new modules to 
existing projects.

If I was entering a proposal, it would not be to improve ODF support for 
Abi, although my enthusiasm for ODF is undoubted.  Instead I would propose 
to create some killer demos of what you can do with ODF 1.2 RDF metadata, 
or something like that.

-Rob
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