From: Tim LaDuca (tladuca@helios.acomp.usf.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 15:59:36 EDT
On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 14:33, ericzen wrote:
> On 2003.04.13 12:40 M. Fioretti wrote:
> the more simple and very compact abiword native XML format will be developed and kept as the default unless you change that over like to the OASIS format.
>
> > Filters are good, but between Free/OS applications they shouldn't
> > exist in the first place, should they?
> >
This is an interesting point. I think the question being asked here is,
since Free Software apps are completely open code-wise, why must they
have different file formats? My hope is that file formats will become
transparent, and that any arbitrary user interface could be used with an
accepted standardized document file format (on par with HTML), so that
"computer idiots" (if you'll excuse the term) and computer experts alike
can easily create and exchange documents. Moreover people can use the
interface they are comfortable with be it WordPerfect, AbiWord, or some
specialized interface. I assume this is what the OASIS/XML format is all
about.
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