Re: OT Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Compatibility problems between LO Calc and EXCEL 2007 and 2010 (XLSX)

Cor Nouws wrote:
> Andreas Säger wrote (23-08-11 17:21)> In my honest opinion, write support
> for OOXML is a mistake. LibreOffice> should not help spreading a file
> format which has been bribed through the> standardization boards for 2
> reasons: fight the ODF standard and establish a> non-free XML format for
> MS applications only.I agree with all your objections against OOXML and
> the whole process.However, also without it being forced through
> procedures, we would have been confronted with it anyway :-\-- 
Confronted, indeed. But the former go-oo team did not take up with that
confrontation when they added the abililty to generate OOXML. A best of
breed read-only support would have been sufficient since we have a 15 year
old mature exchange format.
Every OOXML generator helps to spread this pestilence of a file format.
Read-only access does not harm anyone.

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