Re: [libreoffice-users] beware of the m$ subsidiary

On 04/17/2012 06:56 PM, e-letter wrote:
> On 17/04/2012, webmaster-Kracked_P_P<webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
> > Well, it is always good to promote ODF, but if you work in a business
> > environment, you cannot get away from MSO's file formats.  I create the
> > documents in LO and save my copy in ODF, but I still have to send
> > editable files to some people who's business or agency has not or cannot
> > switch to LO.  So for these people/businesses/agencies, I need to send
> > them MSO file formatted documents.
> You could send in odf, which m$ is supposed to support. Growth in the
> quantity of odf documents, together with people complaining to m$
> (instead of complaining to LO!), the long term effect is to force m$
> to improve compatibility with odf, _not_ vice versa! The analogy is
> one of the worse technologies: flash. Thankfully, successful marketing
> of apple products increased the quantity of non-flash devices and
> therefore the demand for other technologies, e.g. html5.
>
> > Promote LO and ODF, but you still have to deal with those who have not
> > switched over to LO and/or ODF.  Most government agencies [USA] at all
> > levels are not "allowed" to use any other office package but MSO AND are
> > forbidden to install software on their computers, including
> > screen-savers and such.  I know of one that will not allow the use of
> > USB devices as well.  So, until everyone switches to ODF, we must
> > continue to save some of our documents to MSO formates and send them off
> > to others.
I wonder if someone in the USA could sue and win because the MSO format 
is a proprietary format thus requiring users to buy a proprietary 
product for best results. If an agency used only odf formats that are 
readable by any number of free and proprietary products then users are 
not forced to purchase specific product for best results.
> Such organisations were often forced to use m$ie6, whilst the world
> moved forward to using safari, opera, firefox, etc.. The world did not
> wait for m$ to improve their web browser! Therefore, the claim that
> everyone must simultaneously change to odf is a fallacy.


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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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