On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:23:29 +0300 Came this utterance formulated by Dotan Cohen to my mailbox:
> >> 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. Not if you are using OO.o! Only if you have shelled out for a bad product. One which doesn't support either of the new international standard XML file formats out of the box. Only if you then use this bad product to make the comparison. A program designed to support a file save format, and a file save format designed to support a program smells somewhat like a vendor lock-in scenario. Thankfully Microsoft may have to move away from this now OOXML is out of their direct control. In other words future Word programs will need to change to support the file formats, just like other programs. This will leave MSO 2007 as a hybrid mongrel which really well supports an orphan format. > But anti-MS rants aside. Surprised it came over that way. I thought I had only ranted against Microsoft Office XML use. Now i have added a rant against MSO 2007 which i don't like for other reasons as well :) -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
