Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

Hi :)
Sadly it's not possible to avoid being a fundamentalist with regards
to this issue.  Avoiding being a fundamentalist for one means tacitly
encouraging the blocking of it by the dominant one.  People are so
unaware of their even being a choice that by not spreading knowledge
of ODF people are forcing others to use the other.
Regards from
Tom :)





On 25 February 2014 16:26, Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:
> nabbler wrote
> > Good summary, worth more than 2 ¢! :)
>
> ;)
>
>
> nabbler wrote
> > > The problem here, as I see it, is that ODF is still in it's infancy. E.g.
> > > only recently ODF (under LibreOffice 4.1) started supporting font
> > > embedding
> > > which is an essential feature for anyone working with vector graphics,
> > > custom presentations or simply elegant text documents. MS supports font
> > > embedding since Word 6.0 (back in 1993!!!)
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188324
> >
> > Isn't this issue affected by the fact that different operating systems
> > have different default fonts? If so, it would explain the relative
> > ease that the mono-platform m$ can solve this "problem".
>
> Not really. PDF which is an ubiquitous file format also has had support for
> font embedding for years. All modern OSes support TrueType and OpenType
> fonts. I think this is mostly related to the copyright licenses of the fonts
> which is more problematic in editable files than in fundamentally
> non-editable files (like PDF)
>
>
> nabbler wrote
> > and ignoring m$ fans (some paid by m$ perhaps?) would help by reducing
> > that evolution time...
>
> It's complicated :) If you want to attract large companies who want to
> migrate, at least the Import filter needs to be nearly perfect. I think the
> developers are wise enough to know when to ignore cheap CEOs who just want a
> replacement for their Office suite for free while still demanding to have
> perfect MS format Export...
>
> In any case LO (or any ODF based suite) can not afford to become an island.
> Not even Microsoft can :) That is why they pretend to support ODF (while at
> the same time most ODF files not created/modified in MS Office are either
> "corrupted" or will be "missing features"...)
>
> At the end of the day: it's better not to be a fundamentalist ;)
>
> Take care!
>
>
>
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