On Dec 30, 2010, at 18:27 , Larry Gusaas wrote:
I will not support or use LibreOffice
until it stops helping spread OOXML by enabling writing in this file format. There is absolutely
no need to write in this proprietary format. To do so is contrary to the principle of using ODF
and open source formats.
I've read a lot of points of view in this thread, and received a lot of information. For example,
I didn't know that the docx format was supposed to be MS's open document format. I just thought it
was the latest update to MSO making everyone update to keep abreast. So much for my knowledge of
MSO.
As regards Larry's comment, I endorse it. Read is right, write is wrong.
Regarding the different pov's of posters about the advisability or not of writing docx, sometimes
you've just got to take a stand, no matter what. It's a case for the marketing guys, not the
developers.
//James
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