Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice general ideas and suggestions

On 2010-10-06 5:15 PM, Jon Hamkins wrote:
> I agree MSO 2007 and 2010 should be the priority, but a big advantage of
> LibO could be that it *can* read older formats.  Government regulations
> and company policies often require documents to be retained for years
> and sometimes decades.  MSO 2007+ no longer allows opening MSO <97
> documents, because it is unable to do so securely.  If LibO can open
> these older documents, it's one more reason to switch away from MSO.

Precisely.

Also, since the old formats are pretty much static now, problems should
be minimal, but I also believe that people should still be able to
submit problem documents in those older formats, so if it is something
that can easily be fixed, it should/can be fixed. If not, then the
developer(s) who looked at it should document as much as possible the
resources that would be required to fix it, then submit it to a/the
'bug-bounty' list, so if the issue is near and dear to someone who has
the money to pay to fix it, they can.

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Best regards,

Charles
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