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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: koffice mission statement etc.
From:       Alexandra Leisse <leisse () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-10-03 11:09:48
Message-ID: f46093a70910030409g4a21e4f2ua490d5841758f1e () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:44, Jaroslaw S <kexipl@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/3 Thomas Zander <zander@kde.org>:
>> On Tuesday 1. September 2009 09.02.55 Thomas Zander wrote:
>>> On Sunday 30. August 2009 10.08.28 Andrew Dorrell wrote:
>>> > I've been snooping the existing documentation on koffice recently and
>>> > have not found anything that really motivates koffice development.
>>>
>>> I like the short and sweet, its impossible to do anything else for
>>> something as huge as KOffice.
>>
>> I'm thinking this was a good idea, but we didn't get to a conclusion on
>> which fits us best. People focused on what was incorrect in various so I am
>> wondering if we can pick one that people don't object to :)
>>
>> The mission statement is a useful thing to help give some direction and let
>> the world show we have a direction for our suite. Its useful to point to
>> when someone asks if we are just here to destroy Microsoft or other silly
>> questions. And last, its useful for us. Ideally we all agree on the
>> direction we are walking in since if everyone is walking in the same
>> direction we get there much faster. This also shows it should not be too
>> detailed ;)
>>
>> | "The KOffice team aims to provide a powerful and extensible set of office
>> | and creativity components that are easy to use and that values open
>> | document standards."
>
> Since we wanted to slash details, I propose to remove "document" and
> leave just "open standards".
> The reason is that not only document formats (most notably ODF) is in
> area of our interest but also [network] protocols and formats for
> databases or data access.

Agreed. I like that version.
-- 
Alexandra Leisse
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