Johnny Andersson wrote: > Since MS new formats are based on XML, wouldn't that be a good thing? > Wouldn't it be much easier for developers of OpenOffice.org to write MS > Office-OpenOffice.org file converters so that the converted file looks > exactly like the original? And if (yes, I said "if") MS XML format > proves to > be better than odt, users of future versions of OpenOffice.org probably > could save in that format if they want to. If conversions between MS Office > and OpenOffice.org file formats were 100% accurate, which I think COULD > happen with that new MS format, wouldn't this be an advantage for > OpenOffice.org? I mean, as it is now, some people might not want to switch > to OpenOffice.org, because they really need to edit MS Office files and > they > need them to look exactly the same wether they save them with > OpenOffice.orgor MS Office.
According to what I've read about that new MS format is that you can't use it, without using some proprietary MS IP. Also that "standard" is essentially a specification for MS Office, which means that it will be difficult for others to use it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
