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...ODF is like the proverbial sideways promotion, on the outside it *seems* like a good thing but, and here's the thing with ODF, it turns out to be no better than what you already had (except now it has cost $x million to adopt).
IMHO the only reason ODF is gaining so much momentum is the perceived threat to MS Office. One only has to look at some of the high-profile companies that are backing it (which happen to be some of MS's largest competitors), factor in the religious hatred from the OSS rabid faithful and this story is complete.
Time to also debunk some of the the bull...
1) "It is not possible to open files from an earlier version."
This is utter nonsense [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/09/29/475340.aspx]as stated by Brian Jones in his blog[/url]:
"..The last time we made a breaking change to the binary formats of today goes back to the start of the Office '97 project (Jan '94 I believe).."
2) "It's an "open" format."
So is plain text, and to an extent so is PDF and MS Office 12 XML.
Ok you get the idea... - Posted by: Scrat Posted on: 07/13/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
I think this is misstated
not of this world | 07/12/06
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Enter the "digital dark age(s)", that many pigeons have been fearing...
yogeee | 07/12/06
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But aren't we going to miss the M$ Upgrade Treadmill?
brenthawkinsmd | 07/12/06
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Breathtaking lack of understanding
TonyMcS | 07/12/06
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Good point with the holograms
John Zern | 07/15/06
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Yawn
TonyMcS | 07/12/06
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Change is an awful thing, isn't it?
yogeee | 07/12/06
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Except changing for the sake of it is pointless...
Scrat | 07/13/06
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Yes, I understand clearly now....
yogeee | 07/15/06
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It's called plain text
Boot_Agnostic | 07/17/06
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