Things may have changed, it's been awhile since I've had to care about Microsoft technology (thankfully :) ), but in the past, even though it was open on the surface, they used to make a lot of references to non-open sources. Additionally, things like fonts used to be encumbered and didn't translate over well.
That may have changed since then, I don't really know. I don't personally have any tools installed that can open or edit .docx files anymore. I used to use OpenOffice, but it never really worked very well (the formatting would be a pile of fail). Currently, I can read them if I forward them to my google account, but I have no way to edit. Ron On 2014-03-11 18:18, Justin Lacko 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: > > A A I agree the wiki is a probably the best place for our documents. > > A A Especially if they require collaboration. However, I would like > to see us > > A A going back to having the agenda and meeting minutes pasted into > the body > > A A of emails. > > A A Brian Kulyk > > A A 204.887.6988 > > > > A A On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Ron <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > A A A Hey folks, > > > > A A A There has been a lot of complaining on the lists lately about > document > > A A A formats and such, so I thought I'd make a new thread for it. > > > > A A A In the past week, me and Nathan updated the various wiki pages > related > > A A A to the election. Me and Mak used to do this, but neither of us > are on > > A A A the board now so I'd appreciate it if the current board could > take over > > A A A responsibility for tracking our history on the wiki. It's our > only real > > A A A historical record. > > > > A A A More importantly, I've noticed Word docs going around lately. > I don't > > A A A know where that came from, but unless we're also installing > Sharepoint > > A A A or something similar, I think this is a bad, bad idea. Word > offers no > > A A A way to collaborate, version, share, and link other than > attaching to > > A A A emails and arguing about who has the most recent version. > > > > A A A Plus, using commercial products is very non-hackery. I'd even > call it > > A A A mildly embarrassing. *MY* SkullSpace using .docx? OMGZ!? :) > > > > A A A Anyway, I *highly* recommend using the wiki for this sort of > thing. If > > A A A there's some reason we stopped using the wiki, then let's > tackle that (I > > A A A can install new plugins or whatever if that's the issue) or > let's look > > A A A for a different solution. If we need professional looking > documents, we > > A A A can copy stuff from the wiki into a .docx when needed. > > > > A A A Much to the chagrin of others, I brought up Google Docs in the > other > > A A A thread. Yes, it's the company I work for. I think the wiki is > a much > > A A A better solution, but Docs has the collaboration/sharing/etc > that Word > > A A A lacks, and is also open to all (with a Google account). We > also use > > A A A Google Calendar, so if somebody is willing to take the time to > set > > A A A everything up, we can use the full ecosystem. But I still > think the Wiki > > A A A is the way to go. > > > > A A A So yeah, please use this thread to discuss this sorta thing. > And if you > > A A A *do* decide that .docx is the most hackery format, then be > prepared for > > A A A me to complain every time I see it on the list. :P > > A A A Ron > > A A A _______________________________________________ > > A A A SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > A A A Help: > http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > A A A 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/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
