Re: [discuss] [IMPORTANT] Broken ODF support in MS Office 2007 SP2

2009-05-12 Thread Robin Laing
Ian wrote: On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 14:58 -0400, Douglas St.Clair wrote: Well let me see if I understand the problem in general. Microsoft has had a policy of 'embrasse and extend' meaning they will adopt a standard and then add to it in such a fashion as to make backwards compatibility imposs

Re: [discuss] [IMPORTANT] Broken ODF support in MS Office 2007 SP2

2009-05-11 Thread Ian
On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 14:58 -0400, Douglas St.Clair wrote: > Well let me see if I understand the problem in general. Microsoft has > had a policy of 'embrasse and extend' meaning they will adopt a > standard and then add to it in such a fashion as to make backwards > compatibility impossible

Re: [discuss] [IMPORTANT] Broken ODF support in MS Office 2007 SP2

2009-05-10 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sun, May 10, 2009 14:58:09 PM -0400, Douglas St.Clair wrote: > Has Microsoft failed to properly implement the standard or has it > 'extended' it? This has been discussed quite in depth just a few days ago in the users list. I suggest that everybody interested browses this thread: http://www.

Re: [discuss] [IMPORTANT] Broken ODF support in MS Office 2007 SP2

2009-05-10 Thread Douglas St.Clair
Well let me see if I understand the problem in general. Microsoft has had a policy of 'embrasse and extend' meaning they will adopt a standard and then add to it in such a fashion as to make backwards compatibility impossible if you employ any of their extensions. Sooo what is broken. Has

[discuss] [IMPORTANT] Broken ODF support in MS Office 2007 SP2

2009-05-09 Thread Răzvan Sandu
Hello, As you know, Microsoft recently introduced support for OpenDocument in MS Office 2007 Service Pack 2 - together with the ability to make ODF the DEFAULT saving format in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This is of practical importance for all users, no matter they use MS Office or not.