>> Note that this document compares ODT with DOCX, not OOo with MSO. >> > > No, it doesn't. It claims to, then shows which Microsoft Word features > can be saved, partially saved, or not saved in ODT format. In short, it > compares Word with ODT (One a program and one a file format).
That is a valid statement, only because of this: > saying it is that Office 2007 DOCX is more tightly integrated with Word > that ODT - Well duh! They were designed together to support each other. Which validates my statement. But anti-MS rants aside, I agree that the current docx files do present forward- and backwards- compatibility problems. The forwards-compatibility problem is reasonable to expect to be mitigated by future versions of MSO opening based on what the data is, not based upon metadata and not based on user preferences (as MSO 2007 does with all the different .doc formats: 97, 2000, XP). The backwards-compatibility problem is a way for MS to collect revenue from otherwise superfluous upgrades! (I can anti-MS too!) -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
