Hiya, On 29 Aug 2007, at 20:04, andrewk9 wrote:
> I hope XPS doesn't gain any traction in the market, but given that > it is being forced onto so many PCs it is bound to happen sooner or > later. I help to look after 150 PCs and we won't be touching it > with a barge pole. > > Microsoft's fight to lock in users is starting to seriously annoy > me. We've got some Office 2007 PCs here at work and it is a menace. > The file format issue we can sidestep by simply switching the > default file save format back to the Office 2003 version. The UI > changes, along with the fact that it doesn't even render files from > Office 2003 correctly are two steps too far for me. The previous 4 > versions of office were good in a way, because the UI and the file > formats were all broadly the same across the versions. You might be interested in the detailed and sobering reading at: http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/ While it's not XPS, I would be unsurprised if many of the issues raised are common between the two formats. Cheers, -- Dave Walker Client Solutions, Sun Microsystems UK Tel: +44 780 3079264 http://blogs.sun.com/davew/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
