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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:22:06 +0100,
Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 2008-02-22, Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:16:59 +0100,
>>> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> * Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <UYidnUFlnevJhCPanZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>>> alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why should the document format support all of Microsoft's (undocumented)
>>>>>>> legacy crap? Shouldn't that be the job of the application?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The application needs to be able to save information about that legacy
>>>>>> "crap", hence there is a need for some way to do that in the document
>>>>>> format.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where's the 'need' for that? You want to have access to all features of
>>>>> those old documents? Keep an old copy of the proprietary operating
>>>>> system and proprietary Word processor around.
>>>>
>>>> LOL. I am not sure if it is stupidity or naivety on your part. Did it
>>>> never cross your mind that you need to access the contents on an
>>>> uptodate OS? For *obvious* reasons I won't even bother to go into.
>>>>
>>>
>>> makes no sense. We are discussing document formats, not the OS. Are you
>>> saying that the MS document formats rely on the OS for something?
>>>
>>
>> They might - for OLE automation. In other words, there are lots of
>> things besides other documents that can be embedded in a word doc.
>
> For *goodness* sake. It must even be something as simple as only
> licensing ONE version of windows and wanting to cut and paste for friks
> sake.
what are you babbling about now?
Are you saying that the MS document formats rely on the OS for
something? the *format* not MS-Office itself.
Ora re you posting while stoned or something? 'cause your reply to Tom
made zero sense.
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