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List:       koffice
Subject:    AW: document filters and usability
From:       "Schmidt, Frank-Andreas" <Frank-Andreas.Schmidt () sig ! siemens ! de>
Date:       2000-03-01 7:35:33
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First of all:
I donīt see any other open source office application besides KOffice.
All I can see are ported windoof-apps.
Second:
Filters donīt write themselves.
Third:
Donīt complain ! Help yourself, get coded.

Greetings,
--Frank

P.S. Hope that wasnīt too sarcastic, but I couldnīt resist.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:	Marko Samastur [SMTP:markos@elite.org]
> Gesendet am:	Dienstag, 29. Februar 2000 20:14
> An:	koffice@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> Betreff:	document filters and usability
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I read in several articles, that Koffice teams is working on few
> document filters and the ones usually mentioned are CSV, RTF, Word 97
> and Excel 97. How about AbiWord and other open source office
> applications? Will they use the same document format or is there at
> least some discussion going on about that? Or will KWord (KSpread and
> co.) need filters and somebody to write them?
> 
> It would be a bit ironic, if open source community shared the same
> problems that plaque proprietary world.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 	Marko

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