faq  flatforty  contribute  subscribe  configure  search  rdf  main  parent  thread	Re: almost scared to ask this... by Inge Wallin on Wednesday 09/Jan/2008, @09:01 I see no reason why paid development couldn't be for legacy file formats. In a recent dot story the KOffice developers explained that they weren't interested in spending their own time developing it, but that's something completely different to paid development. It is also not connected to any KOffice developer's opinion if for instance OOXML should be made an ISO standard (it shouldn't) or if the file format itself is badly specified (it is) and impossible to implement fully (it is).	Related Links  ·   Articles on KDE Office Suite  ·   Also by Inge Wallin  ·   Contact author Thread Threshold: 10 comments 20 comments 30 comments 40 comments 50 comments 60 comments 70 comments 80 comments 90 comments 100 comments 110 comments 120 comments 130 comments 140 comments 150 comments 160 comments 170 comments 180 comments 190 comments 200 comments 300 comments 400 comments 500 comments 1000 comments
	The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. ( Reply ) Re: almost scared to ask this... by Borker on Wednesday 09/Jan/2008, @09:18 Thats pretty much my take on it also. Its simply neither expedient nor particularly desirable to implement 3rd party proprietary formats. I guess the issue though is mainly that the aforementioned dot article was held up by RMS as a counterpoint to the somewhat MS-happy approach of other development efforts and there is a big opportunity for future paid for efforts to include particularly OOXML being presented in a negative light and starting all kinds of flame war fun on the usual tech blogs etc. [ Reply To This | View ] Re: almost scared to ask this... by Joe on Wednesday 09/Jan/2008, @13:47 Wrongzo... It matters a great deal to implement proprietary filters for *import*. Export is another story. [ Reply To This | View ]   The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them. ( Reply )

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