I have one question (once again, always the same, ...)
Where to get the full (not partial), real (really get it),
true (not faked to force M$-competitors to "incompatibility")
valid (not outdated by the latest version, bug-change or patch)
specification of M$-document formats ? AFAIK this is part of
NDAs, ridiculously. If it is that way, how about suggesting
to the DOJ, that M$ have to publish the full, real, true and
valid specifications of all their documents, protocols, APIs
and more interfaces. There is nothing innovative in such
specfications, so there is no intellectual property to
protect here. This would in my opinion make much more sense
than any other punishment as result of the current law-sutie.
Albert Fluegel
cano_jonathan wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just got AbiWord compiled on my Sparc 5 running Solaris (SunOS
> 5.5.1). While I *am* a software developer, I don't plan on doing any
> developement for AbiWord. I do plan on playing around with AbiWord
> and reporting any bugs I find.
>
> I also have a 486dx66 at home running linux. I plan to give AbiWord a
> whirl there too. I've noticed that AbiWord is a bit slow on my Sparc so
> I have little hope that, in its current unoptimized state, it will be
> useable there.
>
> I looked over your feature set and I didn't see the following (perhaps
> it is there and I just missed it)
>
> * Comments/Annotations: My officemate uses MSWord and he (and his
> co-workers) uses Word's "Comments" feature extensively. So, to win
> folks like my officemate over to AbiWord, I would highly recommend
> implementing this feature and trying to make it compatible with
> MSWord. In particular---being able to read, edit, and write
> comments in MSWord documents. This really is a nice feature. If
> you are not familiar with it I recommend you give it a test drive.
>
> Also, do any of the core developers have experience using FrameMaker?
> Frame does many things much better than Word (and its brethren) and
> therefore might provide some inspiration for AbiWord.
>
> Currently I'm in the process of setting up a second 486 with linux and
> WordPerfect for my kids to use for writing school reports. As soon
> (if ever) AbiWord becomes useable on a 486 for their needs I'd love to
> switch them over to using it.
>
> Cheers and good luck,
> --Jonathan
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