Why did OpenDoc fail, and then fail 3 more times?

Re:Why did OpenDoc fail, and then fail 3 more times? by goto11 on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:51AM (#27106576)

It seems like a solution in search of a problem? How often do you need to embed a spreadsheet in word-processing document?

Furthermore, making components from multiple independent vendors interact seamlessly is just an incredibly complex problem. The web is probably the most successful decentralized system, and this is because the common integration point which all must support is very very simple: URL's and links.

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Re:Why did OpenDoc fail, and then fail 3 more times? by bombcar on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:59AM (#27106649)

The web has mostly removed the need - but pre-web the ability to have embedded objects in documents was powerful, if tricky to implement correctly.

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Re:Why did OpenDoc fail, and then fail 3 more times? by toyg on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:34AM (#27107165)

... and a security nightmare.

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Re:Why did OpenDoc fail, and then fail 3 more times? by bombcar on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:26PM (#27107796)

Oh sure, but this is when computers were basically independent machines, and rarely, if ever connected to anything beyond a LAN.

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