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Supporting OOXML in LibreOfficeSupporting OOXML in LibreOfficePosted Jan 11, 2011 6:29 UTC (Tue) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)In reply to: Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice by DOT Parent article: Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice
I completely agree--it's a Charlie Brown vs. Lucy kind of situation. The format actually written by Microsoft's applications will change, conveniently making any competitors appear to be less than optimal. The "standard" that was approved is just the PR flack out front distracting the media.
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Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice Posted Jan 11, 2011 9:42 UTC (Tue) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183) [Link]
> The format actually written by Microsoft's applications will change, conveniently making any competitors appear to be less than optimal.
But much as Microsoft might like it, the installed base of older versions of Office will not be upgraded overnight. So newer versions of Office have to retain some compatibility with older ones or they will also appear to be "less than optimal".
Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice Posted Jan 11, 2011 11:55 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] Yes, but that only builds up pressure for everybody to upgrade to the latest version. Microsoft is usually pretty good about backwards compatibility, i.e., MS Office n+1 can read documents written by MS Office n, but not necessarily vice-versa, so once enough people have moved to MS Office n+1, if you're still on MS Office n you will be inundated by Office n+1 documents that you can't open, from people who are (a) amazed how you can still work with that obsolete software package, Office n, and/or (b) used to saving stuff as ».doc« all the time and don't realise there are different flavours.
Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice Posted Jan 12, 2011 9:25 UTC (Wed) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988) [Link]
Yes, it keeps compatibility with version N-1, N-2 and possibly N-3, but not much further. I once tried to open a document I created some years prior in Word 2.0 in some newer version. Ooops! Big mistake.
Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice Posted Jan 12, 2011 10:32 UTC (Wed) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] Well of course. At some point they need to mop up the people who haven't upgraded earlier ;^)
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