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

On 1/3/11 12:48 AM, Carl Symons wrote:

> Italo's statement of a philosophy of FOR is exactly right IMHO.

Thanks, this philosophy is the guiding principle of our marketing 
strategy. In Italy (I apologize for mentioning often what we have done 
here) we have got to the point of issuing a press release to 
congratulate Microsoft for the support of ODF. It has been one of the 
most successful press releases, and it has been instrumental in making 
the project more credible in the market.

Today, Italian media consider Associazione PLIO the real Microsoft 
competitor. If there is a face to face between Microsoft and OOo, we are 
invited to talk and Sun/Oracle is completely ignored. We have been 
featured on the largest Italian dailies with dedicated articles.

> The fact that this email thread exists, that it allows for all manner
> and strength of opinion, is testimony to the strength of open source
> software. It also illustrates a guiding principle of TDF.

Yes, although I would say that it has started in the wrong way, i.e. 
against Microsoft. The original idea was that we support Microsoft if we 
write OOXML, which is not only wrong but exactly the opposite of what 
happens in the reality.

Supporting OOXML makes LibreOffice stronger and TDF more credible, 
because we are not scared by interoperability (while Microsoft is and 
will always be scared by interoperability).

This is all I can say, and is already way too much for our beloved 
Microsoft lurkers.

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