Hi, On 2008-05-14, at 23:27 , Larry Garfield wrote:
There is a Google Summer of Code project to build a document importer module for Drupal that can handle, among other formats, ODT.
Nifty.
While the student is not allowed to accept additional money beyond what Google offers (I think), having access to ODT experts is something I can only think is a good thing.
Quite. And certainly a supporting community can help. I cannot allocate resources at OOo but can certainly invite students and others to the relevant lists and introduce people; and can also see if there is sufficiently strong interest within Sun (my employer and OOo's primary contributor and sponsor) to act on a Drupal integration. But much of the effort would really have to come from our communities, no? best Louis
On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
[This is a re-send of a message I sent originally to the infrastructure list.]
Hello all!
Allow me to introduce myself: I'm the community manager of OpenOffice.org, a role I've held for the last 7.5 years. My interest here is to see if there is interest in developing an OpenDocument Format filter for Drupal or (better yet) some ways of integrating or at least linking OOo to Drupal. The reason? Lots, including both public and private enterprises, want a CMS + productivity suite (such as OOo) combo. Drupal has huge market share and is flourishing; so does and is OOo.
How is integration imagined? It could be close or it could be even something as simple as an extension. We have now many extensions, and there is no reason why everything has to be a single package--this is the Internet age, not the isolated desktop age.
If people are interested, let's talk. My guess is that an obstacle to good intentions is reality: shortage of resources. But I also am relentlessly optimistic and hopeful, and believe if we can present a good case then companies may want to allocate those resources, which is to say, people and money.
Ciao,
Louis
-- Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD Community Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc. OpenOffice.org
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