GCC Next Step - Help Please

[Derek Neighbors]

> Hey folks, can't we exchange documents in a more
> widely accepted format?  Plain text?  HTML?  PDF?
> I'm sure the package you're using is able to
> save documents in a non-exclusive format.

This is an open an free format.  It is openoffice/star office.  The
problem with going to PDF, HTML or text is that you end up losing
formatting.  I would say if it is for publishing yes certainly it should
be in all formats possible, but I think was to 'build' the document.

If you dont care to install openoffice/staroffice you can unzip the file
and edit/read the xml directly.

> This is just the same old compatibility and
> integration drum that I've been beating elsewhere.
> Requiring Yet Another Special Plug-in seems kinda
> self-defeating to me, especially if the subject
> is INTRODUCING people to Linux.

I think this was just a misinformation on the groups part to explain the
format.  It is not a prop format like .doc.

-Derek