Re: [office-formula] Groups - OpenDocument Formula Specification2008-12-21 (ODT) (OpenDocument-formula-20081221.odt) uploaded

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Eike Rathke <>
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Re: [office-formula] Groups - OpenDocument Formula Specification2008-12-21 (ODT) (OpenDocument-formula-20081221.odt) uploaded
Hi Andreas,

On Sunday, 2008-12-21 16:26:28 -0700, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:

> > - GAMMADIST() and GAMMAINV() OOo, Excel, and Gnumeric use
> >   the third parameter 'beta' in the way, that
> >   mean=alpha*beta, but ODFF draft spec used the third
> >   parameter 'lambda' in the way that mean=alpha/lambda.
> >   Changed.
> 
> This seems to incorrectly imply that the ODFF draft matches the usage in
> OOo and Gnumeric. While I have no issue with the draft specification
> itself (in either the old or new form) one should note that Gnumeric and
> OOo currently require the fourth argument.

As does Excel. I put "add a note" on my todo-list.

  Eike

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