tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post4552940316003245241..comments2023-09-22T20:06:41.491+02:00Comments on Lodahl's blog: I was just listening to a comedy showLeif Lodahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08960229448622236930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-21913859289656992322007-06-13T23:38:00.000+02:002007-06-13T23:38:00.000+02:00There is a couple of things that I would like to s...There is a couple of things that I would like to see Microsoft guys explaining better (maybe Stephen can do that here :) ):<BR/><BR/>1 - "...because ISO 26300 is missing some major pieces and so we'd have to implement many proprietary extensions which by definition would hinder ODF interoperability..." Can you guys technically describe those major pieces ? If they really exists, what about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-801021511232906742007-06-11T13:42:00.000+02:002007-06-11T13:42:00.000+02:00Hi Stephen,Tank you for the comments. Best wishes ...Hi Stephen,<BR/>Tank you for the comments. <BR/><BR/>Best wishes for you too.<BR/><BR/>LeifLeif Lodahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960229448622236930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-44008129063851156992007-06-11T11:50:00.000+02:002007-06-11T11:50:00.000+02:00Hi Leif - thanks for taking the time to listen to ...Hi Leif - thanks for taking the time to listen to the recording. I hadn't expected the recording to be posted, I thought it was being used for notetaking, so I wasn't really aiming at brevity :-)<BR/><BR/>Anyway with your permission allow me to respond to some of your, and IBM's points.<BR/><BR/>Background. This conversation arose because I was unhappy with some of the totally untrue statements Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-56400213649639879152007-06-09T00:42:00.000+02:002007-06-09T00:42:00.000+02:00Couldn't agree more with you Rob. But you must try...Couldn't agree more with you Rob. But you must try to see this from the M$ point of view: "What will the customers say, if M$ for once listened ? The customers would then expect M$ to listen to customers in the future too". <BR/><BR/>Would you believe that ?<BR/><BR/>No !<BR/><BR/>Microsoft will stay as arrogant as ever.Leif Lodahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960229448622236930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-67538182244172036192007-06-09T00:35:00.000+02:002007-06-09T00:35:00.000+02:00Customers have never asked for this feature? Ha! ...Customers have never asked for this feature? Ha! Over a year ago the Commonwealth of Massachusetts put out a formal "Request for Information pertaining to the existence or development of a plug-In or converter to allow Microsoft Office to read/write ODF files". Among the specific questions they asked were several about plans for native integration of an PDF plugin into Office: "Whether this Rob Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917514886653291328noreply@blogger.com