Tom wrote:
Many programs don't fully comply with their own specs.
The fact that many programs do that makes it correct? Tom wrote:
OpenSource ones tend to try to fix that through bug-reports and such-like. We often grumble when we find an example of a proprietary program, such as MS Office, not complying with it's specs.
The fact that you can report bugs isn't synonymous that someone will try to fix it ;) MS doesn't have to publish any specs. And most MS formats are closed source. It is in their best interest that only their program is 100% compatible. If you bother to create an open format so that any program can open it (and therefore freeing you from vendor lock), any incompatibility with the standard is bound to create problems when you try to open the document in another program... -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/OASIS-Standard-ODF-1-2-Approved-tp3384139p3396840.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted