Re: [ros-dev] Microsoft Office files in the trunk

[Magnus Olsen]

It is up each person which format he like to use.
I need ppt and doc.
and some time pdf


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Murphy, Ged (Bolton)" <MurphyG(a)cmpbatteries.co.uk>
To: "'ReactOS Development List'" <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
Sent: den 10 November 2005 09:27
Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Microsoft Office files in the trunk


>   Mike Swanson wrote:
>
> >   In the branch of press-media, there are two
> > documents currently. An MS
> >  Word and MS PowerPoint document.
> >
> >  I'm calling for SVN committers for _no more_ MS Office documents. They
> >  are a proprietary format, of which not all the features are currently
> >  known. I recommend instead the use of OASIS OpenDocument. Not only
> >  does it save much space, but it also does not contain any secrets in
> >  which need to be reverse engineered to discover.
> >  
>  [...]
> >  
> >  Please, for the good of the project, use the free OpenDocument format.
> >  If not for the reason of being open or free, but simply for the fact
> >  that it ensures that everybody will be able to view such documents (no
> >  need to buy any pricey office suites here!). 
>  I disagree with this. I don't know how to use oo.o or variants, and I
don't
>   intend on learning something I have no interest in.
>  I'm currently putting together a presentation for the speeches I have 
coming
>   up on ReactOS. If a rule was put in place where we
> could only commit
>  OpenDocument files, I would simply not put it into the repository and 
would
>   instead share it with anyone who wanted it via email.
>
>  This isn't because I'm being awkward, it's because I have no time or
>  interest to learn a new office suite .... and I certainly don't want to
>  install oo.o on my machine.
>
>  I suppose it's this attitude which keeps MS Office up as a monopoly, which
>  now make me realise why they don't want to support OpenDocument.
>
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