[development] OpenOffice.org

[Larry Garfield]

There is a Google Summer of Code project to build a document importer module 
for Drupal that can handle, among other formats, ODT.  

http://groups.drupal.org/node/10890

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.

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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