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Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] OpenFormula interview questions
Perhaps include questions pertaining to other tools, such as Gnumeric, R, etc.? The idea here is to expand the market via open standards, no? -louis On 2011-04-26, at 09:42 , robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: > I'm recording an interview later today with David Wheeler, the chair of > the OpenFormula Subcommittee. They produced the spreadsheet formula > specification for ODF 1.2 > > Following are some questions I was going to ask. Please let me know ASAP > if there are any other questions you think I should ask. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > ========================================== > > Intro: tell a little about who you are, what you do > > Tell briefly, What is OpenFormula and who should people care? > > What was your Initial notice/interest in ODF? > > Tell how OpenFormula got started, say until the work was moved into OASIS. > > At that time, had you worked on standards before? > > You noticed that ODF 1.0 needed serious improvement in spreadsheet formula > specification. What turned that from an observation into action? What > factors make it possible for you as an individual contributor to get > involved in an international standard? > > For OpenFormula, what were the main design constraints you had to contend > with? > > As you dived deep into the intricacies of spreadsheet formulas, what are > some things you came across that surprised you most? > > How does OpenFormula deal with the range of behavior seen in spreadsheet > applications today? How do you make a standard in an area where > applications currently exhibit different behaviors? > > If an implementor is sitting down to implement OpenFormula for the first > time, what would be your advise for the top things to pay special > attention to? > > Is OpenFormula only for ODF spreadsheets, or does it have any other > potential uses? > > What do you think are some interesting things we should look at for future > versions of OpenFormula? > > What is next for you, any other interesting projects catching your eye? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >
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