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MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatibility
Anonymous Coward writes "Though Microsoft may soon be blocking Office suite compatability with open source productivity tools, in the mean time Hal Varian (of Berkeley) has conducted the Microsoft Office-Linux Interoperability Experiment which shows a surprising amount of interoperability. Hey, another reason NOT to upgrade to the new version!"
As they say themselves, this was based on files downloaded from the Internet, which were probably designed in order to be viewed by the greatest number of people.
Hmmm... Then again, putting MS Office files on the Internet, instead of PDF of plain HTML probably means the user do not have enough computer knowledge to optimize said files. So, it's a good point.
On the other hand, I am surprised that the numbers for StarOffice are greater than the numbers for OpenOffice... How come?
Anyway, this is good news, and should be a valuable lesson for most people with PHBs... =)
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Of course we need to upgrade....We need to see how annoying the new animated logos are
Rus
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Yes. OpenOffice is pure evil and will bring about the rise of communism, followed by the fall of civilization. The skies will burn and the rivers will turn red with blood. The Great Old Ones will return to bring unimagined terror to mankind and it truly will be hell on earth.
Oh, wait, my mistake.. that's just the text of a Microsoft internal memo.
Tell that to a friend of mine that submitted a design for a web book search database, which would be maintained by the school Liberian.
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Regrettably, I think I found a use for clippy that's about on par. I started letting my preschooler play with Word with one of them visible. Later, I invested a whopping 12 or so hours to make a "game" that teaches the alphabet using the Agent control. That was my undoing.
Now, whenever I open Word and I forgot to hide the assistant, my son (from the other side of the house, mind you) will run screaming from the other side of the house to play his game or type on Word. On the way, he usually racks up 1 or 2 cats, the dog, and at least one piece of furniture. When he gets to the computer, he finds me trying to get started on a report for school.
Him: "I want to play my game, daddy"
Me: "Not right now. I've gotta do something for school"
Him: "That's not fair."
Me: "Sorry, bud, but I have to get this done."
Him (Alternate 1): "You want a piece of me?" (Assumes Jet Lee pose)
Him (Alternate 2): "I'm gonna pop a cap in your ass, daddy." (Thank his mother for that one...)
I for one have happily made the transition to OpenOffice because, well, it's just safer...
The competition should have scored major bonus points for not using clippy! That annoying little Fscker!
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Correct, but I'd venture that most software would suffer from that, not just M$ Office.
Strange, I can open any document that I've created between 1989 & 2003 with any version of my word processor suite.
God love ya, vi & tex.
Belloc
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