[libreoffice-users] Re: Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

On 11/9/13 5:37 PM, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 14:06:44 PM -0800, Pedro wrote:
> > Two points:
> >
> > 1) LibreOffice only started embedding fonts in ODF files in version 4.1
> > (released in July 2013); MS Office files have had this ability for YEARS. In
> > my opinion ODF files are NOW starting to be useful as an editable file
> > exchange format.
>
> Fair point. I would really put "ignoring which fonts are portable" in
> the "over-engineered documents" category of my post, but you are right
> that if embedded fonts are a must, ODF isn't ready.

Embedding fonts *is* a must.  Just because two users each have 
Times-Roman, for example, it doesn't mean the fonts are identical.  So 
the formatting of the document will change between users.

Been there, done that too many times.  :-(

> > 2) Advocating ignoring MS files only makes sense on a personal
> > basis. Por companies that is absurd.
>
> that's why in the 2001 thread and in many other things I wrote since
> then I said that the way to practice that advice was to put pressure
> on public administrations to make them only accept/release in those
> formats.
>
> > Maybe academia could start that movement but it will take time
> > before it reaches the companies...
>
> maybe people should start that movement. Start to complain, even if
> you know that it won't accomplish anything immediately, whenever you
> are asked or given a .docx file. Otherwise we'll still be here in 2025
> to hear from people that receive such files, and the only solution is
> to give up using LO.
>
> Marco


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