Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-12-31, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
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I would bet that it is AbiWord that is the issue, not any kind of bug
with ODT. If AbiWord couldn't handle DOCX though, I would blame the
format since it is closed despite its name.

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The original .doc format was closed too.  You could get a look at
the specs, but you had to sign a non-disclosure agreement first.
I once heard from someone who signed the NDA and looked at the
specs.  He said you really didn't want to know what was in there.
It was a real dog's breakfast - but I suppose the people who
revese-engineered it knew that already.

I'm not surprised. It is fascinating how the company culture is created to turn out bad software. Makes one wonder if it would be possible to create a kind of anti-Microsoft company culture that would produce gems?