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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Questions on KOffice
From:       Werner Trobin <wtrobin () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-08-31 5:43:40
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Jono Bacon wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have been asked to write an article reviewing KOffice for a UK Linux Magazine
> and I just need some background info for my piece. If someone could answer the
> following that would be great:
> 
>  - Who founded the KOffice project?

Torben Weis started to write a spreadsheet and a wordprocessing
application. Hehe - as I haven't been around at that time it
might be better if someone else answers this one ;)

>  - Who works on it?

Please have a look at the developers section on www.koffice.org.
Unfortunately only some of them are active right now.

>  - Who sponsors it?

Hmm... currently I'm employed by MandrakeSoft to work on KOffice.
David works on KDE in general (mainly Konqueror, kdelibs and
KOffice) and is also employed by them. Tackat draws lots of icons
(SuSE), Simon and Matthias are employed by Caldera. TrollTech
sponsored (among others like Caldera, SuSE, MandrakeSoft,
Kaläv<whatever> Dataconsult AB (Kalle's company),...) the K3B
event in Trysil, theKompany, some people donated hardware
(see www.koffice.org)...

...and I'm sure I forgot some people/companies...

>  - I know theKompany are working on KWord, what have they done so far and what
> are they doing for KWord?

I don't know the state of the stuff they do at theKompany.
It would be nice, though, if they would work in KDE CVS...
Shawn?

>  - What features are planned for the future of KOffice

Hehe - you're kidding, right? I'm sorry, but I don't know
the plans of all the authors ;)

>  - How is KOffice staying complient with document formats and standards such as
> XML?

We really try to stay compatible with the old format, or at
least make it load old files via some conversion script.

> I know some these questions are really general, and I hate asking them...but I
> wanted to get the answers from the horses mouth.

No problem - please wait for other people anwering too,
though ;)

-- 
Werner Trobin - wtrobin@mandrakesoft.com

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