[SGVLUG] Is poking fun at Microsoft ever "off topic"?

[Munjal Thakkar]

Office 2007 files are all based on XML (semi-cool, I guesss) and so
therefore all the formats have changed from .doc to .docx or .ppt to .pptx,
so as far as I know, open office cannot open any new office file formats.

On 2/21/07, Matt Wette <matt.wette at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I was thinking that the introduction of Office 2007 would provide
> organizations an opportunity to switch to OpenOffice.  For places
> where Windows and Linux / Unix must interoperate, it seems that
> a common solution like this would be better.
>
> When MS Office 2007 gets deployed does this mean that OpenOffice
> will no longer be able to open (.doc,.ppt) mail attachments?
>
> Munjal Thakkar wrote:
> > I went to a workshop today demoing Office 2007, while it's not vista,
> > performed and actually works very well. Very powerful and organized
> > collaboration between programs and a lot of powerful tools for
> > businesses, I highly reccommend everyone to at least take a gander at
> > the new office suite, its actually something to finally credit M$ for.
> >
>
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