What and where is it?
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| jrm Jul 13, 2007 2:30 AM EST |
"so that files saved in the Microsoft-created Open XML format can be opened by OpenOffice.org users" How? I followed the link to the translator project. It looks like an Add-in for MSOffice. So what exactly is Linspire making available? Am I missing something obvious here? |
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| Abe Jul 13, 2007 5:45 AM EST |
Yes, you are missing one obvious thing. You are missing that this article is useless. The OOXML-ODF conversion project has been, so far, NOTHING but a publicity stunt by MS and all its lackeys. |
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| dinotrac Jul 13, 2007 6:21 AM EST |
>Am I missing something obvious here? Nothing obvious. The pieces at the sourceforge site are for OOXML->ODF conversion, not the other way. As such, they are for MS-Office. At the Linspire site, the announce says that conversions are now incorporated in the latest freespire and linspire, but it's not clear to me what that means. |
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| tuxchick Jul 13, 2007 6:24 AM EST |
It means Mr. Carmony is happy with his big sack of Microsoft money, and getting to play with the big boys at long last. | ||
| jrm Jul 13, 2007 6:35 AM EST |
> At the Linspire site, the announce says that conversions are now incorporated in the latest freespire and linspire, but it's not clear to me what that means. I guess if someone gives me an OpenXML document, I'm supposed to email them the MSWord plugin. That must be what they meant by calling it "bi-directional". |
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| dinotrac Jul 13, 2007 6:39 AM EST |
>That must be what they meant by calling it "bi-directional". Umm...or it could mean that bi-directional conversion is available. Speculation is...well, speculation. |
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| jrm Jul 13, 2007 7:23 AM EST |
> Umm...or it could mean that bi-directional conversion is available. Right. My posts should probably come with a sarcasm alert. When a company issues a press release that is devoid of content, it's kind of like waving a big flag and yelling "We've got nothing!" |
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| tuxchick Jul 13, 2007 7:27 AM EST |
Oh dino, facts are so boring, and not conducive to lively speculation. One fact is clear- MS is not budging on OOXML come hell, high water, common sense, or anything. |
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| dinotrac Jul 13, 2007 7:51 AM EST |
>MS is not budging MS does not like to budge. Ever. |
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| tracyanne Jul 13, 2007 1:24 PM EST |
the ineresting thing about the files is they are all Microsft installers. .exe and .msi, which means they are for installing a Microsoft system. They can only be available as addins to MS Office and or OO.o for Windows. Interesting. They won't install or run on Linux, except possibly under WINE. |
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| jrm Jul 13, 2007 2:20 PM EST |
> They can only be available as addins to MS Office and or OO.o for Windows. Confusing, isn't it? It's like a hybrid cross between peas and corn that results in peas-on-the-cob. You take a vegetable that nobody wants anyway, and then make it harder to eat. |
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