I was going to say this idea, so thanks for doing so, it's true and is WHAT
MS is doing!
"Support importing files from other programs in hope of the user migrating
to ours".
Thank God for the internet where FUD can be countered with the TRUTH!
Randy Garrett
El Sobrante, CA USA (NorCAL)
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Subject: Re: [discuss] Re: Massachusetts goes to MS Office, but uses
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Joshua wrote:
>Since their products don't use ODF as a native format there is not much
>point in developing an add in that breaks the standard they are trying
to be sure
>of being able to import and export.
it might not make sense to you, but to them it will make perfect sense
to export ODF files that can only be opened using MSO.
When people that don't use MSO complaint that the file format is broken,
Microsoft will say, "Obviously the file format is broken. It has a
number of technological issues that make it inferior to our own XML
format. We can not fix that which is by definition, broken."
FUD, but that is standard practice for Microsoft. Lie when possible, and
tell bigger lies when the little lies show how stupid their claims are.
> any value in them coding something that "enhances" an exported file
> that then doesn't behave in OOo.
As a weapon to take market share from OOo, that would be a quasi-perfect
plan for them. Quasi-perfect, because most people are idiotic enough
top think that Microsoft is an honest, upright, ethical organization
that has never committed a crime in their history. They also believe
that Microsoft products have always been inherently secure.
xan
jonathon
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