On Tuesday, 4 בOctober 2005 21:59, Uri Even-Chen wrote:
> [... long explanation about how MS pushes for upgrade ...]
> The only way to overcome it is forcing it by law.
No. Instead of waiting for some magical law to solve your
problem, you can use free software.
This is what we all do, so we don't have to dance to the tune of
companies (MS or others).
Since you demonstrated that you understand well MS strategy and
its bad impact on compatibility among MS products, you are fully
equipped to guide other people about the correct way to solve
these problems:
1. Decide to use standard protocols/formats.
2. Choose software that implements them (e.g OOo).
3. Use filters as an interim solution.
Yes, filters won't be perfect, but MS office itself is far from
perfect converting its own format among versions (as you pointed
out) -- do you want to have this plague for life or only as an
interim solution to communicate with uneducated clients?
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