Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?

On 08/05/2012 11:24 AM, David B Teague sr wrote:
> On 7/24/2012 10:38 AM, Chuck Davis wrote:
> > To answer your question:  Yes, I send *.odf files to others in a
> > business setting.  When they tell me they can't open the file I
> > instruct them to upgrade their office suite to a more modern version
> > (i.e. buy new licenses) or, alternatively, obtain a (free) copy of
> > OOo.  I told our accounting firm if they wanted to do our work they
> > would upgrade to read *.odf files -- and they did.  Cost them some
> > money for new licenses but they upgraded their MS licenses to read my
> > files.
> Congratulations! I do so wish everyone with such problems would and 
> could handle it the way you have.
> Thanks!
> David Teague
>
> -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but 
> in practice there is.

Why did they need to upgrade their MS licenses to read ODF files? IT 
reads that they had old version of MSO, but it would have been nice for 
them to use the FREE alternative instead.  Besides, was there not 
threads about issues with MSO's version of reading and writing ODF 
formats?  I never heard any news that the newest versions of MSO worked 
well with ODF.

Still, any way that gets businesses to use the ISO standard file formats 
[ODF not MSO XML] is a good thing.  Then the next step is for those 
businesses to try and use LO instead of paying for newer version of 
MSO.  MSO 2013 [or Office 15] is still having problems, but so is Win8 
which is due out in 2 months.  So why bother.  Just use LO and not worry 
about MS's problems with lost revenue and their ways to get more money 
out of less work.


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