Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS file compatibility in 4.0+ - comments in .doc

On 15/08/13 2:24 AM, James Knott wrote:
> Tom Davies wrote:
> > Some could view it as a marketing ploy to push people into using their
> > format.  i can image the calls telling users they need to avoid 3rd
> > party formats as though 3rd party is somehow dodgy rather than just
> > meaning that MS can't manage to write code to support their own format
> > let alone other organisations.
> One thing to bear in mind is the ODF formats were derived from the
> original StarOffice formats and spreadsheets in that format worked fine
> in StarOffice, and later OpenOffice, for years.
In fact until LO 4+ when they were dropped.
steve

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