Chad Smith wrote:
On 11/14/05, John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why would this be bad for OOo? I can understand why MS feels threatened by
OOo and other non-MS software, but where's the downside for OOo here?
MSOffice will likely still be bound to the Windows platform and Microsoft
file formats, both of which are significant concerns for many people.
MSOffice is not bound to the Windows platform.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office2004/office2004.aspx?pid=office2004
And based on the success of MSO, I don't believe that many people care about
the binding to the file format. Alternatives exist today, and have for a
long time, but MSO formats continue to dominate.
My wife works for a company that uses Mac's. I was trying to help her
do some work that entailed consolidating data from various sources on
both Windows and Mac hardware. They were using MSO for Mac so it was
expected to be an easy task. It wasn't. Finally using OOo, 2.0beta,
all the different files could be opened and integrated into one single
file. Now they use Neoffice instead of MSO.
But where is the MSO version for Linux? :) Yeah I know about wine and
crossover office but that isn't the same.
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