Re: crazy suggestion

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:38:44PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> i only recently noticed that there is a second round of Gnome Integration
> bounties, including some improvements to the OpenOffice spreadsheet
> inlcuding this one:
>
> oocalc's numeric precision is pretty awful for a load of common functions.
> This should be substantially improved, in-line with gnumeric. Functions
> VAR, LINEST, SKEW, PRODUCT, GEOMEAN, POWER\ at a minumum should be
> improved.
>
> I thought the $500 might make it interesting enought that a
> Gnumeric developer might make use of their exisiting knowledge to claim
> it.

I'd be far more interested in collaborating with OOo's spreadsheet
if the work could be shared.  Their insular approach to document
centric apps far outweighs the benefits of 500 USD to me.