Group,
I'm tired of people sending me Microsoft Office files. This is a threat to my freedom and my bank account:
Um, it's not touching your bank account. OOo opens them. OOo is free. It's not costing you a penny to use the MSO files.
the sender is expecting me to use a secret format, controlled by a powerful corporation; and it is a very expensive product.
I propose that we stop accepting such files.
Feel free. If you have to exchange files for your job, you'll most likely lose a lot of customers.
This might not be immediately practical, so how about an alternative solution: Open the file, save it into OOo's native format (SXI), then send it back to them. If they ask what is this, say: ``Oh, it is an open format ... You don't don't OpenOffice.org installed on your computer? ... Install it and you can view my attachment.'' Help them with the install if need be.
I'm not sure I understand you're quote there. "You don't don't OpenOffice.org"? What does that mean?
This might seams harsh, but it is exactly what they are doing to us by sending DOC/PPT/XLS etc. By sending them SXI, however, we are not threatening freedom nor personal bank accounts.
Your claim is fundamentally wrong. The office system you have (OpenOffice.org) already opens Doc/PPT/xls... They aren't making you spend a penny, download, or install anything.
You, on the other hand, are costing them time, (to download and install), hard drive space, RAM, and possibly real money (if they pay per minute download, or if they buy the CD).
The tide is turning, we must all help make it happen. Get two friends to start using OOo.
I would agree with this. It's good to help people to get OOo. But your claims that they are costing you money is both inaccurate and absurd.
-Chad Smith
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