> But don't you see that this is the big problem? You want to force users to change how they work to suit how you develop.
...isn't this what Microsoft has been doing for the last thirty years or so? On 15 May 2012 15:30, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > But don't you see that this is the big problem? You want to force users to > change how they work to suit how you develop. (And isn't MS's XML format > published as well? I hesitate to say "open") > > Are you going to convince the standard idiot user who uses Word that they > have to save as ODF? What about the 3000 documents he has on his hard disk > that are in Word (and that open in just about every version of Word since > Word XP [albeit with the Office 2007 addin]) How many ODF documents do you > estimate fly around the web? Same for Latex. > > German => Polish is a bit of a silly example. US English Libre Office > can't open US English Word Document. > > P. > -- > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given > credit. > > > > On 15 May 2012 15:24, Okello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tuesday 15 May 2012 13:58:21 Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: >> > My 2p. >> > >> > Libre Office is ok but you can't say most users won't notice. >> >> when they complain "word has a problem" they did not noticed the >> difference. >> >> >> > From what I've seen, a large document with graphics & text boxes and >> tables >> > (i.e. just about every over-20 page document) created in Word is almost >> > impossible to open in Libre Office while retaining all the formatting, >> > spacing, etc. Even worse, try opening and saving as docx = disaster. >> >> That something i've seen, even between different word versions. Like >> opening >> with a german word a one line document saved with polish word => windows >> freeze. >> >> There is something called "Open Document Format" standartised and >> supported by >> word AFAIK full. From the history of word it is obvious that Microsoft >> has no >> sentiments toward own formats and change/abandom them as the marketing >> departement recommends it. DOCX is AFAIK one of those temporary file >> formats >> that by historical experience can become unsupported with any change of a >> word version. >> >> > I believe Word, >> >> I believe LaTeX ;-) >> >> but beside of that it is a question of what is needed in the daily >> routine. >> >> Cheers >> >> Okello >> >> -- >> Separating code and design in websites http://www.uHTML.info >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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