Microsoft has never been silent about their 'embrace and extend' strategy. The way to do it is to simply add a feature. Prior versions will not be able to implement the feature if people use it they will be binding themselves to current and future versions. To remain 'current' OO would have to implement that feature.
On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Gordon wrote: > I think they'd have to be VERY careful over that - witness the huge confusion > and outcry concerning the introduction of ooxml and the inability of Office > versions prior to 2007 to read it....yes they produced a pack for prior > versions but even that has it's problems... Captain Nice [email protected] "I love my computer, because my friends live in it!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
