[ros-dev] Microsoft Office files in the trunk

[Steven Edwards]

Hi Mike,

--- Mike Swanson <mikeonthecomputer at gmail.com> wrote:
> In the branch of press-media, there are two documents currently. An MS
> Word and MS PowerPoint document.
> 
> I'm calling for SVN committers for _no more_ MS Office documents. They
> are a proprietary format, of which not all the features are currently
> known. I recommend instead the use of OASIS OpenDocument. Not only
> does it save much space, but it also does not contain any secrets in
> which need to be reverse engineered to discover.

If the developers vote for it I have no problem abiding by that. That being said I am not going to
call for a vote on it right now. I am more productive in Microsoft Office than I am in OpenOffice
when it comes to presentations and I don't really want to be strong armed in to any format (open
or closed). I chose Powerpoint because I KNOW every single Windows+Office system in the world can
view my presentation. I am happy to make duplicates of my stuff in OpenDocument but I don't want
to be forced in to it.

Thanks
Steven



		
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