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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Change ?
From:       Kevin Forge <forgeltd () usa ! net>
Date:       1998-03-11 2:27:55
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> Im not sure. I know Miguel and the KDE guys were talking about Corba issues
> which sounds hopeful. I want more than that - I want to be able to embed
> a KDE spreadsheet in a gnome wordprocessor (and vice versa) 8)
> 
This is the sort of thing, I want.  Remember that the reason MSWord and
Word Perfect are very incompatible with the default formats is that M$
and Corel really do want people to BUY the stuff.  This is also why 
Word 97 differed from Word 95 more in document format than all else.  
In Linux the ca$h incentive is removed as a major concern so there
should
be common doc format across apps and not only should they deviate only
to
add some new formatting option ... They should only produce incompatible 
documents when those features are used.
This is the area where GPL software is weak.  Commonly used office apps.
There needs only be a Full suite, a simple accounting prog and a full
Fax software.  
-- 
"Through the firewall, out the router, down the T1, across the
backbone, bounced from satellite, Nothing but net."

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