Comment 141 for bug 511312

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In , Nicolas-mailhot-laposte (nicolas-mailhot-laposte) wrote :

IMHO inkscape and draw are not competitors, they're complementary. People that
do serious graphic work will always prefer inkscape, people who do light work
will prefer something closely integrated like draw. inkscape should be seen as a
replacement for both visio and illustrator in the FLOSS ecosystem.

(serious graphic work includes diagrams for impress presentations)

For those reasons I don't think draw should be dumped to be replaced by
something build around inkscape, but at the same time OO.o and SUN should invest
to make sure OO.o and inkscape integrate well. Which mostly means first-class
SVG support in OO.o.

Because good inkscape integration does not detract from OO.o's value, but
enhances it, as Microsoft understood perfectly when they bought visio and make
it part of the Office family.