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<p>If Microsoft is serious about
being open source they need to develop a system like Google's summer of
code. Now, to answer some questions. </p>
<p>"With respect to Blender, what can you tell me about your
community/user feedback that you have heard regarding file formats?"
Anybody had problems with file formats? If you're like me you use the
.blend extension. Only possible trouble could be the
importers/exporters. (What with all the triangle mess)</p>
<p>"What we are trying to understand is what file formats, which are
not open or not fully open, are impeding the optimal experience with
your community." .3ds doesn't always import right. Isn't really much
trouble though, I just use .blend. The only thing that really needs
changing is the importers. They just need to be more accurate to the
original model. Meaning the importers should be able to import quads as
well as bones, textures, poses, materials, and animations. That way it
would be almost the same as saving in the .blend format. (As .gif is to
.jpeg) </p>
<p>"Please also include in that list any Microsoft files that you might have trouble with."<br>
Hmm…what file types that we use are owned by Microsoft? Maybe the in-coders for the renderer? (When saving as a .WMV file?) </p>
<p>Anyway that's my answer. Also, I request any changes made to blender
must not be unique to Windows. I use both Windows and Linux I see the
value of both.</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
The evil moose</p>
</div> </div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">"With respect to Blender, what can you tell me about your community/user <br>
</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">feedback that you have heard regarding file formats? Specifically, <br></blockquote>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Microsoft is slowly shifting toward a more open standards based <br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
approach to its file formats. The ISO standard Office Open XML is an <br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">example of the direction we are moving towards.<br>
</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">A good user experience of Blender on Windows is good for your <br></blockquote>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">project/community and good for Microsoft. What we are trying to <br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
understand is what file formats, which are not open or not fully open, <br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">are impeding the optimal experience with your community. If this is an <br>
</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">important issue to your users then it also accrues to the experience in <br></blockquote>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Windows. I would like to know what feedback you might have received <br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
regarding the files your users most often import and those they might <br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">be having a sub-optimal experience with. Please also include in that <br>
</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">list any Microsoft files that you might have trouble with."</blockquote>