tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034230779454603134.post8056964136360675303..comments2023-07-04T02:24:04.204-07:00Comments on Open Computing: Response to .DOC AttachmentJeff Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11675035864869123800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034230779454603134.post-61796667196897592252010-09-05T14:53:17.243-07:002010-09-05T14:53:17.243-07:00Kym,
I think you misunderstand my use of the word...Kym,<br /><br />I think you misunderstand my use of the word Standard. I mean a Standard, as in approved by a Standards Body such as ISO or IETF or W3C.<br /><br />As long as people use .DOC, Microsoft retains the legal potential to shut people down (especially their competitors, if the competitors became big enough for them to care about, or wealthy enough for them to want to get money from,) due to patent and threatened lawsuits. Continued use of DOC prevents migration to a true standard, which would help to prevent that potential situation.Jeff Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675035864869123800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034230779454603134.post-43306272389011058012010-08-19T11:56:51.001-07:002010-08-19T11:56:51.001-07:00I think if you sent me that reply after I sent you...I think if you sent me that reply after I sent you a doc, I wouldn't care to send it in any other format. You don't have to upgrade Office to continue reading the formats, and most people I know always save as .doc instead of .docx in 2007 and later versionf of Word. To call it a non-standard format I think is wrong - you even say that you can read it in OpenOffice, so just do that instead of demanding the sender resend in another of your preferred formats. It is an industry standard format, like it or not.Kymhttp://marriedwithkittens.comnoreply@blogger.com