nice__two

Yes. The RTF filter has been improved a lot and this the doc and docx filters did too (these filters share a lot of code).

They already have: LO has added functionality (e.g. embedding an .odt in a PDF file, effectively making the PDF file editable or font-embedding), which AOO simply does not support.

As good as all features listed in LO release notes are LO only.

The Document Foundation is not a company! It's a foundation!

Why not create a bounty then?

https://freedomsponsors.org/project/149/LibreOffice#/LibreOf...

Or pay one of the certified LO developers to implement it:https://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/developers/

I sponsored, loading Adobe colour palettes in 5.0 myself.

This is the only valid answer, here. Why is the guy not talking in terms of technical debt, business impact, KPIs etc.?

If he really knows his shit, he should be expected to break his technical insight down into layman-friendly terms.

Hell, we're expecting just that from our doctors all the time.

This is so kindergarten-level, I have no idea why it's on HN.

BTW, Stroustrup himself has a list of applications written in C++: http://www.stroustrup.com/applications.html