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Re: RFC: Office suite and price suggestions



Hi Omer,

> > Regarding hebrew - I do think (IMHO) that in the first stage the
> > localization (hebrew menus and hebrew online) is not that important. IMHO
> > it's much important to have all the bidi functions first (tables,
> > paragraphs, nikud, importing Hebrew word documents, etc..)
>
> I agree that correct BiDi functions are more important than Hebrew
> language menus and help files.
> I'd like to see the BiDi functions implemented in a separate DLL, with
> source code available.  The BiDi algorithm may still be subject to
> tinkering and tweaking in the future.  We'd like to be able to modify the
> DLL to follow suit.

You have it in the QT 3, under GPL.I think it's pretty seperated from the 
rest of QT, but not sure though. However - QT got some bugs in hebrew which I 
was talking (and still do) to Lars from TrollTech.

>
> > 1. How much do you think you're willing to pay for this suite?
>
> For use in editing my own data - probably none (there are free (in the
> sense of free beer) alternatives, either now or in the near future).

Oh, you mean koffice and abiword. True, although it might takes some time.

> For development of custom vertical applications for sale to businesses -
> probably around $100 per seat in the final customer's office.
>

I see..

> > 2. Is localization (hebrew online menu and menus) very important to you?
> > if it won't have the localization but will have all the bidi stuff - will
> > you still buy it?
> > 3. Does a Windows version important to you (in terms of installing it in
> > office)?

What about those questions? un-answered? ;)

>
> Few important questions were left out of the description of the Hancom
> Office:
> 1. Are the file formats being used standard ones?

As much as I know it's their own format, but you have there an option to save 
as default in other formats (word, etc...)

> 2. Is there a free (in the sense of free speech) library, with open source
>    code, of functions for R/W access to those files from your own
>    applications?

The Bidi stuff? it's being built using QT -3 which itself is GPL'd.

BTW - there will be also a Mac OS X version.

-- 
Hetz Ben Hamo
hetz@kde.org

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