Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Extension website - broader publicity wanted

There is no need to worry.  LibreOffice is not going to drop supporting 
as many MSO file formats as it can.  Every update of 3.4.x seems to be 
able to do .docx files better.


ASK why they require .docx instead of .doc file format.  This is the 
same issue that went to court that a University required a certain type 
of Mac laptop to be used instead of a Windows one, or requiring an 
iPhone or iPad for some "special purpose app".  The courts told the 
Universities that they could not require a specific phone or computer 
for their students.  That is discrimination and if they want Federal 
monies or do not want to have big discrimination charges, they had to 
stop the hardware requirements.

SO, the University needs to give a real big reason to require .docx over 
.doc.  Since the MSO package that reads .docx also reads .doc files, 
then either they have to except .doc files or could face discrimination 
issues and even civil rights issues for requiring you to use .docx files 
when they can read the .doc files just as well.

Maybe if someone would ask why they have made the .docx requirement.  
Actually, you can tell me which University it is and I will ask the 
question without giving names except mine.  I really want to know why 
they require that format.

Actually the LOC started using .docx formats and then it had to stop 
using it and go back to the older formats, since at that time MSO's 
.docx format just came out less than a year before that.  The flack that 
came out that a part of the US government was requiring you to switch to 
MSO 2007 instead of Office 2003, XP, 97, etc..  They had to stop using 
the 2007 formats or face a law suit themselves over it.

So would you like to let me know which University is requiring you to 
use .docx over .doc?  You can let me know off the list.

What is USN-FR?  US Navy?  My father and mother was in the Navy during 
Korea.

On 09/15/2011 03:04 PM, Dave Johnson USN-FR (HM2) wrote:
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> Just FYI, the OOo extensions we-page is NOT reliable. The link in LibO
> is still to the OOo page.
>
> BTW I go to University and, sadly, MS Office docx format is a
> requirement. So, please continue to support this feature. I know the
> ODF purist will object. It is needed.
>
> On 9/15/11 1:55 PM, Andreas Mantke wrote:
> > Hi Kami,
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 15. September 2011, 11:23:22 schrieb KAMI911
> > KAMI911:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Should I upload templates and extensions for testing?
> > yes, but be aware they'll stay if we change from beta to final
> > state ;-)
> >
> > Thus we need a contact (email or project site) for every extension
> > / template.
> >
> > Regards, Andreas
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