Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?

[James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>]

webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> Why did they need to upgrade their MS licenses to read ODF files? IT 
> reads that they had old version of MSO, but it would have been nice 
> for them to use the FREE alternative instead.  Besides, was there not 
> threads about issues with MSO's version of reading and writing ODF 
> formats?  I never heard any news that the newest versions of MSO 
> worked well with ODF.
>
> Still, any way that gets businesses to use the ISO standard file 
> formats [ODF not MSO XML] is a good thing.  Then the next step is for 
> those businesses to try and use LO instead of paying for newer version 
> of MSO.  MSO 2013 [or Office 15] is still having problems, but so is 
> Win8 which is due out in 2 months.  So why bother.  Just use LO and 
> not worry about MS's problems with lost revenue and their ways to get 
> more money out of less work.

Another way is to use the Sun ODF plugin, which is a free download. It'd 
trust it more than MS to do things right.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/Sun-ODF-Plugin-for-Microsoft-Office.shtml

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