Am 24.10.2014 um 09:59 schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: > On 24/10/14 07:54, Jörg Schmidt wrote: >> Hello, For example: >> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Berliner-Finanzaemter-wechseln-zurueck-auf-Microsoft-Office-2430961.html >> > > I believe a decision like the one in Berlin is always political > motivated. See for example the upcoming discussion about the same topic > in Munich after changes in the administration. > > Juergen >
Hi, The article on heise.de says it all. They exchange "data" through office documents; and they don't want to fall behind ... whatever bleeding edge [contradiction in itself]. Oh, of course they need MS Office for security reasons ... WTF? A full featured OOXML suite exists. It costs some money and it should always be used when OOXML is required. Your business opportunities are the same as with ODF. Today virtually "everybody" writes filters and parsers for OOXML but not for ODF. If ODF were a lost case, both ODF suites would be lost anyway. Writing another full featured OOXML suite would be a hopeless undertaking because it is too much to implement differently in no time. Anything less than "full featured" would not be accepted, "OOXML Strict" neiter. Everything needs to be fully compatible and interoperable with MS products which implies tight integration into MS operation system and separation from other OSes. Even if such a product existed, Berlin authorities would still insist in MS products because Berlin is one of the most sleazy places in Germany. They don't care about money because political life in Berlin "is a pony farm" indeed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
