Yes, but docx is not widespread either. And for that matter, neither is ODT, or you wouldn't write your document.
I think we understand eachother and are now mostly discusing the meaning of words. I'm glad you wrote your document and I think it was a good idea to invite feedback. Best regards, Sam -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Roy <[email protected]> Sent: 06 April 2010 14:05 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Explaining Open Standards email attachements Le mardi 06 avril 2010 à 13:20 +0100, David Gerard a écrit : > Indeed. However, as far as the users are concerned, they're > interoperability. Again, try to send a 2007 .doc document to a Mac Office - or to a previous Office version. Try to do the same with a .doc from 2003 to a 1999 version and the other way around. It doesn't work, it's not in Microsoft's interest to make it work because they want everyone to upgrade to the last Office. That's *not* interoperability. Best, -- Hugo Roy im: [email protected] French Coordinator http://www.fsfe.org/about/roy Free Software Foundation Europe works to create general understanding and support for software freedom in politics, law and society-at-large. For more information, see http://www.fsfe.org _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
