It's "kinda sorta" open. Microsoft has a history of "embracing and extending" open standards, and DOCX is no exception.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > I am genuinely curious... I thought .docx was an open format (Office Open > XML)? > > > On 11 March 2014 17:52, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, I forgot to mention that. When the meeting minutes were being sent >> out via email is a nice plaintext format, that was great! I didn't think >> I'd care about minutes being emailed out till Ben started doing that, >> and suddenly it was the greatest thing ever. >> >> Ron >> >> On 2014-03-11 11:48, Brian Kulyk wrote: >> > I agree the wiki is a probably the best place for our documents. >> > Especially if they require collaboration. However, I would like to >> see us >> > going back to having the agenda and meeting minutes pasted into the >> body >> > of emails. >> > Brian Kulyk >> > 204.887.6988 >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hey folks, >> > >> > There has been a lot of complaining on the lists lately about >> document >> > formats and such, so I thought I'd make a new thread for it. >> > >> > In the past week, me and Nathan updated the various wiki pages >> related >> > to the election. Me and Mak used to do this, but neither of us are >> on >> > the board now so I'd appreciate it if the current board could take >> over >> > responsibility for tracking our history on the wiki. It's our only >> real >> > historical record. >> > >> > More importantly, I've noticed Word docs going around lately. I >> don't >> > know where that came from, but unless we're also installing >> Sharepoint >> > or something similar, I think this is a bad, bad idea. Word offers >> no >> > way to collaborate, version, share, and link other than attaching >> to >> > emails and arguing about who has the most recent version. >> > >> > Plus, using commercial products is very non-hackery. I'd even call >> it >> > mildly embarrassing. *MY* SkullSpace using .docx? OMGZ!? :) >> > >> > Anyway, I *highly* recommend using the wiki for this sort of >> thing. If >> > there's some reason we stopped using the wiki, then let's tackle >> that (I >> > can install new plugins or whatever if that's the issue) or let's >> look >> > for a different solution. If we need professional looking >> documents, we >> > can copy stuff from the wiki into a .docx when needed. >> > >> > Much to the chagrin of others, I brought up Google Docs in the >> other >> > thread. Yes, it's the company I work for. I think the wiki is a >> much >> > better solution, but Docs has the collaboration/sharing/etc that >> Word >> > lacks, and is also open to all (with a Google account). We also use >> > Google Calendar, so if somebody is willing to take the time to set >> > everything up, we can use the full ecosystem. But I still think >> the Wiki >> > is the way to go. >> > >> > So yeah, please use this thread to discuss this sorta thing. And >> if you >> > *do* decide that .docx is the most hackery format, then be >> prepared for >> > me to complain every time I see it on the list. :P >> > Ron >> > _______________________________________________ >> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> > Archive: >> https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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