Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2009 00:46:03 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
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>> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 09 May 2009 08:34:28 -0500, Matt wrote:
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>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>| The technical details are all on Rob’s blog, but in summary, when
>>>>>| opening an ODF spreadsheet (.ods file) using Office 2007, it simply
>>>>>| removes all existing formulas without telling anything to the user,
>>>>>| leaving only the values in cells (results of formulas evaluation,
>>>>>| previously stored in the document). If a user wants to test the ODF
>>>>>| support in Office, and without giving due attention, save an
>>>>>| existing spreadsheet, will overwrite the document removing all the
>>>>>| formulas (as if you were writing a table). I saw absurdities in
>>>>>| life, but nothing compared to this.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://homembit.com/2009/05/microsoft-now-attempt-to-fragment-
odf.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh, the standards bodies and antitrust regulators are going to love
>>>> this. This in itself ought to be worth half a billion in fines.
>>>
>>> Sure, just as soon as someone identifies what part of the standard
>>> Microsoft is violating.
>>
>> The part they themselves previously supported maybe?
>>
>> Isn't it mightily nice of them to "import" (for small enough values of
>> "import") ODF spreadsheets, strip away the formulars, don't tell the
>> user anything about them doing so, and then letting the hapless user
>> clobbering the original file because he had no idea that MS was again a
>> bunch of incompetent nitwits, unable to do what everybody else could
>> do?
>>
>> *That* part maybe?
>
> What's wrong with that?
Everything
> The ODF standard specifically says you can do that.
Yes. And MS is the only one doing that
Especially the "not telling users anything" part is real nice of them
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