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Subject: Re: [office] my requirements


On Monday 19 March 2007 18:46, Thomas Zander wrote:
> Its good to hear what your requirements are

Hmm,
sorry for my hasty email yesterday. It really came out all wrong.  Please 
allow me to retry;

Florian;
I'm very happy to get to see your requirements. It makes talks a lot easier, 
indeed.  Now we can talk about goals :)

Several of your requirements are probably based on goals you have for your 
usage of ODF.  And I'd like to ask you to make one more step; to not just 
provide us with your requirements but also the rationale behind your 
requirements. Or, in other words; your goals.

The reason I ask this is because several of your requirements conflict with 
requirements we are currently persuing, for KOffice, for example.
Prime example is R4.  "100% roundtrip fidelity"
This requirement is counter to the arguments of having 2 ways of doing 
something similar.  Like taking a motorcycle or a car to work. Sure you can 
use both to do the job, but there are advantages to both. Those advantages 
are what makes them similar, but significantly different.
And due to that, you can not assume you can take the same route to work 
independent of your choice of car over motorcycle. Just like converting from 
text:list to numbered-paragraph will not transfer advantages from one to the 
other.

So, in conclusion; I'd like to ask you to explain your goals and the reasoning 
with which you formulated your requirements.

Thanks, and please do accept my apologies for the parent mail. Just ignore 
that one.
-- 
Thomas Zander

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