Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Support for Office 2003 file formats (WordML, SpreadsheetML

Il 26/03/2011 20:09, Jonathan Hudson ha scritto:
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:36:39 +0000 (UTC), Peter Jentsch wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm currently investigating a bug with the Excel 2003 import filter
> > (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35543). Looking closer at
> > the filter and how much work needed to be done to improve it, and
> > considering the fact that Office 2003 ML has been superseeded by OOXML,
> > fixing that bug feels like flogging a dead horse.
> >
> > I'd rather suggest to drop Office 2003 support in LibO altogether and
> > instead focus on improving OOXML and HTML import/export.
> >
> > For anybody with a large library of Office 2003 XML documents not wanting
> > to upgrade to MS Office 2007/2010, Microsoft offers a compatibility pack
> > that allows to open and save OOXML from MS Office 2003.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Peter
>
> Sounds like a very reasonable proposal due to the fact that 2003 ML is
> rarely used.
>
> Your biggest problem will be the number of users who don't understand
> what ML is, and object on spurious grounds. Perhaps you should have
> just asked on the dev list.
>
> -jh
rarely??? I think is the most used in the world!!!

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