Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc corrupted an Excel xlsx file, should I report a bug?

e-letter wrote:
> > > Solution #1:
> > > Send back an xls version of that file and ask them to exchange
> > > spreadsheets in that format.
> > Better still, send in ods and ask the recipient to use LO. If the
> > suggestion is declined, buy m$o. When minor incompatibility is
> > discovered between m$ hardware and software, such bugs should be
> > published to m$ and not here!
> You can't be serious. LibreOffice/OpenOffice has such low use in the
> corporate world that I would be remiss to ask the other user to download a
> ~200MB software package just to view the document I send them. You just
> don't play those kinds of games in the business world, not unless you want
> to aggravate others for no gain (no, you won't increase LO/OO uptake by only
> using non-Office formats, you'll just piss people off if you ask them to
> install another software package for no discernible reason).

I agree. Supporting MS formats is essential. They are the de-facto exchange
formats, and much as we would like to change this, it ain't going to happen
quickly. Full support for XLS/XLSX and DOC/DOCX is likely to *increase* the
takeup of LO, especially in the business world, where spreadsheets get
emailed around a lot.

cheers,

Chris
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