On 10/16/2010 9:30 PM, Bob Long wrote:
RA Brown wrote,
[..]
How do you propose to make OOo 100% compatible with MSO?
The structure
of the files is closed so no one but MS has them. Reverse
engineering
can only do so much. _IF_ MS used a published format that
everyone could
access then it would be easy to do, but they don't.
Andy
But haven't Microsoft released specifications for their
binary file formats?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313105.aspx
Just how accurate, complete or useful that information is,
I have no idea.
I will be surprised if MS specs are complete enough for a
competitor to effectively use them. I understand they don't
appear to be able to manage backward compatibility with
their products, not even with the lowly .rtf format. I want
to hear further comment on this from those better informed
than I.
--David
