But what I cannot understand is why the continual changing by any ... to improve - ok; but this continual changing makes it nearly impossible to stay up-to-date;
forinstance, the typewriter basically stayed the same - yes, they electrified it, even adding memory ... yet the operation of it remained as it had been ;-) forinstance, the automobile basically stayed the same - yes, they switched the driver's seat, the ignition, horn, brake placements ... yet the operation of it remained as it had been - up until the electronics were added ;-) forinstance, the craftsman took pride in his workmanship - then came advertising & the 'throw-away' society ;-( Are we better off with these changes or merely more 'n more confused & frustrated ;-) From me - the goofy, horse 'n buggy era-er ;-) Date: Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office Hi :) Thanks Pedro :) I am looking for criticism and for other points so that i can write a much shorter and less emotional list and maybe give a link to the "White Paper" that someone has been writing Regards from Tom :) On 29 November 2013 00:06, Pedro <pedl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tom > > > Tom wrote >> 2. The format stays the same between different versions of the >> program. It is the same format used "natively" by many other programs >> such as IBM Lotus Symphony, Google-docs, K.Office, Calligra and >> others. Even MS Office 2013, and more recent, can open and use the >> format which is an ISO format. > > Actually this is not true. The file extension is the same but the format has > been changing (that is why you have options to save to ODF 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and > 1.2 Extended) > If you try to open an ODF 1.2 Extended file more complex than simple text > with any other of those programs (even with some older versions of > LibreOffice) you will find some incompatibilities... > > So, I agree with most of your points but this argument is shooting yourself > on the foot. ODF does share that problem with MS XML files: same extension, > different file structure. > > The advantage is that you can always get the latest LibreOffice version for > free (unlike MS Office...) > > Cheers, > Pedro > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted