On 31 December 2010 17:04, Cor Nouws <[email protected]> wrote: > Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote (31-12-10 13:14) > > On 31/12/10 09:30, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> >>> FYI for those that aren't aware. Microsoft office 2010 supports ODF >>> format for opening and saving documents now. >>> >>> >> So does 2007 SP2 as well. However in 2007 the opening of ods documents >> has deliberately broken formulae....don't know whether they've "fixed" >> this in 2010, or whether they even want to fix it... >> > > (No idea if someone already answered this somewhere else in this thread, so > here I go ;-) ) > > MS sticks (anyway up until now) with the ISO-certified version of ODF. > In the mean time ODF evolves. > Formulae support is close to final, and for months already, there is very > little chance that there will be changes in the specs. > Even more: the formulae definitions in ODF have to a high level been based > on MS-implementations of formulae. > So MS could have made a choice to to implement close to final ODF versions > already. > For OOo and others, it is completely logic and natural to offer support for > close-to-final ODF specifications already. ODF is the native format plus > that the open source suites develop so much faster, that it would be > impractical not to implement them.
Considering the opportunity cost of developing export filters against other development priorities is certainly a valid consideration. Of course if it is work sponsored by someone who would not spend it on anything else that means there is no effective opportunity cost. Best, > Cor > > -- > - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQwww.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
