Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Do not support writing to OOXML format

On Sat Jan 01 2011 10:27:02 GMT-0800 (PST)  Ian Lynch wrote:
> Another consideration is that if we ignore docx until MS do drop .doc which
> is long term inevitable, we could end  up playing catch up in order to get
> filter that are good enough to be credible.  Better to start now and
> incrementally improve them over time.

How can LibO or any OSS program expect to keep up with MS when they do 
not even follow "their" own standard?  All that anyone has to go on is 
the standard published by the ISO but MS does not even support it as 
published.  See 
http://www.adjb.net/post/Microsoft-Fails-the-Standards-Test.aspx as 
reference.



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