Migrating to Linux - WP

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Sun, April 17, 2005 1:17 pm, Justin Dugger said:
> The new beta also provides for a database front end. The features page
> for the beta suggests that OO.org always had a db tool,

Well, for a couple of releases at least.  Supposed to work pretty well as
a front end for MySQL.

> Basically, they say right now it can import most WP documents but they
> don't have an export filter yet.

Which, since the documents have to be submitted to the courts in WP
format, is a deal-breaker.

A recent article in one of the print mags I get - LJ, LM, or SysAdmin -
noted the horrible results of opening a vanilla MS Word doc in OO, saving
the "changes", then re-opening it in Word.  Formatting disaster would be
polite.

File import is great for us hackers, but falls far short of compatibility
or inter-operability.  Compatible _output_ is pretty minimal, and to
destroy a document you haven't actually changed, only read, is pretty
inexcusable.

OO is off on the usual OSS trip of "maybe if we put in enough new
"features" that look just like Microsoft, people will overlook the fact
that basic functions just don't work".