http://www.gnome.org/~jody/blog/2005-10-19 Make sure it is plugged in. en jody@gnome.org jody@gnome.org http://www.gnome.org/img/gnome-16.png http://www.gnome.org/~jody/blog/2005-10-19 16 16 http://www.gnome.org/~jody/blog/2005-10-19 http://www.gnome.org/~jody/blog/2005-10-19 Looks like the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/openformula">OpenFormula</a> initiative is going to restart with the goal of improving the interoperability of spreadsheets (different implementations and versions). The traffic got off to a fast start and we've quickly hit an <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=13502014">impasse.</a> How comprehensively should we define the evaluation mechanism for conforming spreadsheets ? To my mind any file format that claims to be portable must calculate the same results with different versions/implementations. Differences need to be explained. Others seem to think that the calculations are just for display, akin to different kerning in a word processor.</p> Microsoft finds the discussion amusing, and <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/10/04/477127.aspx">claims</a> that their lovely new office 12 formats don't have this problem. I can't check that because the schemas come with a <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/09/25/473815.aspx">GPL incompatible license</a>. However, I would be <i>very</i> surprised if MS included an appendix listing all standard functions and rigorously defined their behaviours. Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:25 -0400