On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 20:26 +0800, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 17:16 +0800, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Anton wrote: > > > > I think OpenOffice can open/save both formats. It also has been > > > > released (alpha?) for Mac OS X recently. Correct me if I'm wrong. There > > > > are also plugins (http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/ , etc) > > > > to help you. > > > > > > > > > > I currently work in a Institute of Higher Learning in Singapore, > > > > > > and my wife works in another one here too. In hers, the school has > > > > > > standardized > > > > > > > > > > > > on Office 2007 and everyone uses the new DOCX, PPTX formats. > > > > > > Problem is, for part-timers like my wife, who is using a Mac, not > > > > > > everyone can open the new files, even when using older MS Office > > > > > > suites. My wife uses the Office 2004 for Mac suite on her > > > > > > PowerBook, and is unable to open any Office2007 files. This is > > > > > > incredibly frustrating. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thankfully, I was able to open the DOCX files using NeoOffice, but > > > > > > PPTX remains un-openable (is there such a word?). > > > > > > > > > > > > How do others on this list feel about this? MOE in Singapore is > > > > > > very pro-Microsoft, and this is not always a good thing for those > > > > > > using alternative operating systems. I feel quite repulsed as a > > > > > > consumer, as we are being forced to upgrade to Office 2007 just to > > > > > > be able to open the new file formats. > > > > > > My question is why is there not more active participation at a policy > > > level from advocacy groups here? I am new to Singapore, but am fairly > > > versed in how the country runs. Decisions such as supporting vendor > > > specific > > > implementations should be a public open process. Has anyone on this list > > > or involved with the OSS community in SG ever tried submitting open > > > letters etc. I would be very interested to hear experiences. > > > > Harish has , on many occasions , voiced out about this issue on the > > Straits Times Forum. > > > > http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/2006/04/opendocument-format-benefits.html > > > > This is one link I could find from google .. I am sure there are more. > > > > regards > > billy > > > > My query is more on a 'organised professional' entity level, rather than the > single voice level. I.e In New Zealand the Open Source Society has > successfully defeated Microsoft patent application for ODOC, and has informed > policy wording on a number of occasions. Normally with backing from other > community groups (such as Lugs, and Businesses which use FOSS) > > I am just curious if there are NPO's in sing doing the same. > > Does Singapore have a Digital Strategy Document, NZ government made one a > couple of years ago, and while not going so far as to define file formats, > make a number of mandates about accessibility and future compatibility. Both > for Internal and External government agency practice. I was somewhat involved > in parts of this so am curious what (if anything) Singapore has done.
I am more curious on how New Zealand Open Source Society Defeated Microsoft patent application for ODOC. How was it done? regards billy > > > Cheers > > JoelW > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
