Hi :) Thanks Pedro :) I am looking for criticism and for other points so that i can write a much shorter and less emotional list and maybe give a link to the "White Paper" that someone has been writing Regards from Tom :)
On 29 November 2013 00:06, Pedro <pedl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tom > > > Tom wrote >> 2. The format stays the same between different versions of the >> program. It is the same format used "natively" by many other programs >> such as IBM Lotus Symphony, Google-docs, K.Office, Calligra and >> others. Even MS Office 2013, and more recent, can open and use the >> format which is an ISO format. > > Actually this is not true. The file extension is the same but the format has > been changing (that is why you have options to save to ODF 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and > 1.2 Extended) > If you try to open an ODF 1.2 Extended file more complex than simple text > with any other of those programs (even with some older versions of > LibreOffice) you will find some incompatibilities... > > So, I agree with most of your points but this argument is shooting yourself > on the foot. ODF does share that problem with MS XML files: same extension, > different file structure. > > The advantage is that you can always get the latest LibreOffice version for > free (unlike MS Office...) > > Cheers, > Pedro > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Re-moving-to-new-version-of-MS-Office-tp4085488p4085496.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
