Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

On 03/26/2018 03:56 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On Fri Mar 23 2018 04:23:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Tom Davies
> <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > I'm pretty sure "mainstream support" ended a few years ago.  Quite what
> > that means seems very unclear.
> It isn't that hard.
>
> Full support means you can actually open support cases with MS and get
> features and other regular issues fixed.
>
> I challenge anyone to provide proof that they have ever been able to get
> ANYTHING meaningful from this kind of support, MAYBE unless they are a
> large multinational corporation or government customer.
>
> Long term support means just critical/security updates.
I really hate software packages that uses their own file format, change 
to a different format and not support the earlier one. I have had people 
ask me to open a document in that old format and find it is no longer 
supported.

I have many old files that are in old and unsupported formats. If just 
forgot I had them stored and never "converted" them to the newer format[s].

I wonder when MS will stop supporting .doc files? I prefer to get these 
from MS Office users, when I need to do some editing on it. I have not 
owned a version of MS Office beyond 2003. I do not have it installed on 
ANY of my Windows systems. I use LibreOffice now for my office needs - 
not MS.



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