On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 11:50:17AM +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: > > On 2013-06-08 10:10, Ken Springer wrote: > >On 6/7/13 3:41 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > > > ><snip> > > > >>I too wouldn't touch Kingsoft with a barge pole. I want to > >>steer towards using formats that will be > >>around and usable in a few years time. I want to be able to open > >>documents maybe 10-20 years from now without having to struggle against > >>malware and without having to try to find long-dead versions of long > >>dead software produced by a company that may not even exist by then. > > > >You just hope the formats will be around 10-20 years from now. > >There's no guaranteed the current ODT format will even be viable > >then. Similar to the way desktop design interfaces are basically > >horrible on cell phones and tablets (IMO), all of it can change > >almost overnight with hardware changes. > And LO are doing it now. LO4 already drops previous file > compatibility, if AOO maintains that compatibility I will be looking > hard at it.
I think you mean "if AOO doesn't maintain...." True? I thought one of the arguments for dropping MSO in favor of LO or OOo is that MSO ceased supporting older formats when there was a new release. What formats has LO stopped supporting? -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
