Re: [libreoffice-users] saving as docx crashes libreoffice 3.5.1 on windows 7

On 03/22/2012 01:39 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> This is getting really tiresome.  The argument that no-one should change until the entire world changes is more likely to dissuade anyone from trying LO. 
>
> The rest of the project is working hard at getting LO out there as a higher priority and then the format switch will happen when people find the ODF formats are better. 
>
> E-letter please can you stop bullying new people and driving them away with your copy&pasted rants?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
+1 - There are many reasons people want/need to use LO or OOo over MSO 
and we should be helping users solve their interoperability problems.
> --- On Thu, 22/3/12, e-letter<inpost@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> From: e-letter<inpost@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] saving as docx crashes libreoffice 3.5.1 on windows 7
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thursday, 22 March, 2012, 14:19
>
> On 21/03/2012, Jon Rubin<darwinev0lved@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > bangs head against wall.
> > I'm in academia, they aren't going to buy me a copy of MS to use at home. I
> > don't want to buy one.
> Either change the source documents to odf to facilitate use of LO, or
> buy m$. You will never achieve perfect compatibility between odf and
> m$.
>
> > Who benefits?
> > Bangs head again.
> > *I* benefit, if LO can open and save docx with no probllems so that it is
> > transparent.
> ODF does not. You would benefit better when abiword, kwrite, LO, AOO,
> etc. can open and save odf without error.
>
> > I normally ignore this kind of trolling, but as you rightly guessed, I've
> > wasted several hours trying to get this to work and my patience is spent.
> That's what it's all about: costs against benefits


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