Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

On 03/10/2011 14:04, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> MS wants to control everything to do with the office suite and 
> computer software markets. 

Agree with that - witness the debate on the UEFI Secure Boot that MS 
will be requiring OEM Vendors to implement in order to carry the 
"Windows 8" logo on their products.
Read about that here: 
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/some-w8-pcs-wont-turn-secure-boot-red-hat-warns

> They are loosing that control slowly.  They are now using a form of 
> ODF in the most current office packages, so ODF is slowly creeping 
> into MS's world.

There are even people on the MS Answers forum recommending LO as a 
replacement Office suite!
However some of the implementation of ODF in MS Office 2007 is broken - 
for example if you open an ODS document in Excel all the formulae are 
stripped out to be replaced by values only! (What use is that I ask 
myself?) Whether that has been fixed in Office 2010 I don't know. (I 
don't intend to find out unless I am forced to!)

> So to answer the question:  ODF is the future, but for now you must be 
> able to use the other file formats that are part of the office 
> market-place.
I certainly agree with that - there will come a time when critical mass 
may force the opposite!

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Registered Linux User no 240308
Ubuntu 10.04 (yay!) Windows 7 (unfortunately)
Say No to OOXMLhttp://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8
I only accept odf or pdf documents


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