Re: OT: StarOffice Rant

[Edward Dekkers]

> Here's what I want to know: why hasn't someone put out an open source
> program that reads .DOC files (any version) and converts them to something
> like RTF? That way, we wouldn't need to open some huge program just to see
> what they sent us. Maybe similar with .XLS and SYLK.
>
> Paul M. Foster

Time constraints, Paul. Plus the fact that M$ changes their formats every
half release version :(

I once read the file specs on the XLS format, wanting to do what you say
here.

Gave up. It's a bitch.

Edward Dekkers (Director)
Triple D Computer Services Pty. Ltd.
Western Australia
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