____/ Jim on Saturday 30 June 2007 11:21 : \____
> Rockinghorse Winner came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a
> moment ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>
>>
>>> It might be worth passing on these documents as attachments in bug
> reports so
>>> that Sun Micro, Novell and co. can debug and resolve these issues. Binary
>>> mess, which requires reverse engineering, tends to make things
> unpredictable.
>>> Will Microsoft mind and bother to 'fix' this? Of course not. It's a
> feature,
>>> not a problem. DOS ain't done until Lotus won't run...
>>>
>>
>> FWIW, I've never had a problem with Abiword opening and saving .DOC
>> documents. Nice app.
>>
>
> Doesn't help that Microsoft .doc is a CLOSED FORMAT. Stop complaining to
> those who adhere to sensible standards (ie OpenDocument), and kick
> Microsoft up the arse. Or just kick Microsoft altogether and complain to
> those who would cripple your workday with closed format files and DEMAND
> open standards in the workplace.
+1.
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