Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: For MS interoperability- Legacy formats or OOXML?

Roger,

Do you still have a copy of that memo?

Wayne


On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Roger T. Imai <roger.t.imai@gmail.com>wrote:

> Problems with OOXML conversions could be seen as intended by design by
> Microsoft, which is attempting to supplant the simpler OpenDocument
> Format standard with its own complex inscrutable standards.
>
> Years ago, I found a copy of a memo that appeared to be written by
> Bill Gates in response to an accidental posting of the proprietary
> MSOffice Document standards on a public board -- the standard was
> quickly grabbed by programmers, and shortly after all the MS Office
> competitors released versions that were completely Microsoft Office
> XP-compliant.
>
> But, you can probably find better information that I can provide here
> by Googling  ODF vs OOXML .
>
> I believe that the legacy Office formats are handled quite well by
> open source Office applications because they had the original coding
> for it, and that Microsoft is attempting to re-establish
> format-dominance with its version of OOXML which is so complicated
> that it is difficult to convert.
>
> > The OOXML format doesn't seem to be properly implemented by MS Office
> even tho i
> > thought they drew up the specifications for it (i could easily be wrong
> about
> > that and don't care if i am).  Ahh well.  Hopefully it will all settle
> down a
> > bit soon.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
>
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