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Re: Great ida!
by Chris Evans on Tuesday 10/Aug/2004, @09:11

Based on what I've read, OASIS is NOT "the OpenOffice" format. OASIS is an independant organization dedicated to creating an open file standard for commonly used business applications. It just happens that OpenOffice.org adopted it first. But I don't think that necessarily places any restrictions on what KOffice will or will not be able to do with the formats. What it does is levels the playing field and places emphasis on chosing, say, a word processor based on what it will do for the user, rather than having to worry about who will be able to read the file type, an idea I'm totally in favor of. This could be the one thing that helps to break the office suite monopoly that Microsoft has such a strangle-hold on. Just remember that in the audio world, the MP3 file type has been embraced completely; no one complains about limitations, and everyone uses which ever recording or playback application they choose. The result is an audio file that can be played back on just about any kind of software or hardware available. I firmly believe the same will happen with office documents with the adoption of the OASIS standard.

And that will put KOffice in a decided advantage over OpenOffice, which is huge and relies too heavily on Java.

Bravo, KOffice team...keep up the great work.

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Re: Great ida!
by Nicolas Goutte on Tuesday 10/Aug/2004, @10:21

Just a little note: the OASIS open office format is based on OO's file format, even if at the end it differs in many details.

Have a nice day!

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