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Re: Joining force with openOffice
by eds on Thursday 28/Feb/2008, @01:34

No, it would be much harder to rewrite OpenOffice with Qt. OpenOffice.org codebase is so complex that it will really take away good developing time only to port it to Qt. In contrast, KOffice 2.0 is being rewritten and easier for developers to code (cleaner code base as well).

I believe currently KOffice has a very good technology (flake, pigment, etc) that will create a superior office suite in the future (given enough developers to pursue the dream). For example, using Flake technology you can embed any shape (chart, spreadsheet, vector graphics) in any KOffice application. This technology enables good component reuse and also better interaction among application.

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