Maybe we should store everything in text files instead. :p Regards, Goh, Yong Kwang Singapore
----- Original Message ---- From: Anand Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 10:35:53 PM Subject: [Slugnet] UK National Archives and MS office XML... The growing problem of accessing old digital file formats is a "ticking time bomb", the chief executive of the UK National Archives has warned. Natalie Ceeney said society faced the possibility of "losing years of critical knowledge" because modern PCs could not always open old file formats. So far so good...You think they understand the problem and probably the solution too (hint: ODF) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6265976.stm But read until the end and you will surely fall off the chair. Their "solution" worked out with MS-UK is to run ancient versions (W3.1?) and ancient Office97 in a virtual machine on Vista and open the archived document !! So If I want to open an XLS spreadsheet I created in 1997, I need to have Win95+Office97 , tell me where do I get those from? Buy another copy? Resurrect from trash yard? Ridiculous... is all I can say. :-( Anand _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
