Hi :) Moving away from MS formats seems a pretty smart move around now. There are so many different versions of XlsX (2007's version, 2010's and now presumably 2013's).
I thought Keith's post was interesting because it seems people have spent some serious money just to find out what we already felt was the case. I think Google still are a supporter of TDF but seem to have lost their way a bit. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Keith Curtis <[email protected]> >To: Zeki Bildirici <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 22:50 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Google and ODF support! > >That is amazing. Google wrote this in their analysis of OpenXML: >(https://forums.scc.ca/forums/scc/dispatch.cgi/public/showFile/100294/d20070705225348/No/objections%20by%20Google.pdf) >----- >"Although OOXML may formally comply with Ecma, it was clearly not >designed with an “open” spirit. Comparing the current with the future >situation, interoperability is likely to become more difficult instead >of easier. The implementation of a fully compatible ODF importer (the >current efforts regarding .doc and .xls) is not an easy task, but it >is dwarfed by the implementation of a fully compatible OOXML importer, >which we estimate to take something between 50 – 500 person years, or >even longer. Therefore, although it is theoretically possible to >generate an OOXML document, this document will probably only use a >very small subset of the standard. >In sum, OOXML can be compared to Microsoft giving access to a >labyrinth to which it alone owns a map; moreover, certain tunnels >within this labyrinth are not accessible without a key that only >Microsoft has, and that third parties would need to replicate first. >(And, in doing so, these third parties would not know whether they >would violate any rights that exposes them to litigation)." >----- > >It is sort of sad Google would reverse course and act against their >own interests. Also, I wonder why they didn't help to port LibreOffice >rather than buying QuickOffice. The current Android efforts in >LibreOffice are less than one person I believe. Imagine what Google >could have done with 5-10, let alone buying the proprietary >QuickOffice which employed 400 people. >(http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2018361838_apustecgoogleofficeapps1stldwritethru.html) >I suspect part of their decision was that they didn't want to take a >risk on "LibreOffice", but it does seem they have too much money. > >-Keith > >On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Zeki Bildirici <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> As you know Google currently is not supporting Open Document Format >> native in its services. Today i saw this article >> http://www.muktware.com/4529/why-google-killing-open-document-formats#.UTYr7U44lHE.twitter >> and remembered this issue. >> >> This article explains the situation quite well. I don't know the >> reason why Google does not support ODF, maybe it was discussed here >> before. But i think we may try to push Google to support ODF. >> >> I don't think there is a reasonable explanation for ignoring ODF and >> supporting MS Office formats and forcing people to convert their ODF >> to Google Docs format. >> >> Btw for comparasion, -yes not Skydrive of course- Yandex company with >> growing popularity in Turkey and Russia supports ODF in its Disk >> service. It may be an example for good aproach to ODF. >> >> What do you think about Google's positioning for ODF? Can we manage to >> force/attract Google to support ODF? I've mentioned and asked >> htps://twitter.com/cdibona about this matter but no replies yet >> >> Best regards, >> Zeki >> >> >> - http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2423485 >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
