I thought that part of the philosophy of OOo was permanent access to one's data. That is, files created in any version of OpenOffice.org would always be useable by any version of OOo. This was to set it apart from MS Office, who's frequent changes of file format are much-derided as forcing people into an unending cycle of involuntary upgrades. This is also one of the advantages that I have often touted to prospective users.
If I understand the below comments accurately, once 2.0 final is released, if it continues to use a different file format, then if any user sends me a 2.0 version file, I would either have to abandon hopes of opening that file, or I would have to upgrade my 1.1.x to 2.0. Which maybe I wouldn't want to do.
Do I misunderstand the philosophy and prior claims of OOo?
This is the same issue with Microsoft. If you have an old version of Office, you may not be able to properly open a file from a newer version. Of course from my experience, a new version may not be able to open it either. :( At least OOo would open it.
Any upgrade or progression will cause compatibility issues and this is part of the whole mess. At least the OOo file format is open and you can look at it.
My better half is trying out OOo for work as they have to create pdf copies of reports. She has had problems between the different versions of MS office used and OOo.
-- Robin Laing
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