Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document

Hi :)
The situation is improving now that people are moving to ODF more and more.  Relying on a single 
companies whims has of course left a lingering problem but ODF is defined by a large group of 
companies most of which produce software that is designed to read the formats.  

So, if you stick with MS formats then you are still relying on a situation that hasn't changed in 
30years.  If you have moved to ODF then things are a lot more stable and reliable because there are 
a lot of products that can read ODF sucessfully.
Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Mirosław Zalewski <miniopl@poczta.onet.pl>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 12:49
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Bug 60390 - FILEOPEN: Cannot open particular document
>
> On 12/02/2013 at 10:53, "e-letter" <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If LO, or any other odf-compliant software disappears, you can find
> > another. 
>
> Yeah, especially since LO default saving format incorporates number of non-
> standard extensions that other ODF-compliant software will just ignore.
>
> Don't get me wrong - I appreciate many of these extensions, as they give me 
> ability to use great features not covered by ODF spec.
>
> But I am also worried by the fact, that over thirty years after introducing 
> first word processor software, we are still at a stage where documents can be 
> freely exchanged only by users of the same software in the same version.
> -- 
> Best regards
> Mirosław Zalewski
>
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