Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

re: Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

lotsamystuff — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:08:50 GMT

"You mean: "Life's too short, unless you backpeddle [sic]" "

No backpedaling necessary, WaeTroll. It's all there in the original post. Some of you just need more explanation than others.

re: Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

Waethorn — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:51:15 GMT

"Life's too short, man."

You mean: "Life's too short, unless you backpeddle"

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Avro — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:20:15 GMT

It is largely a smart move by Microsoft if they want to continue to do business in the EU.

Still a good move though.

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lilserenity — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:58:56 GMT

I think this is a good move. I hope it works out well.

I use Linux and OpenOffice.org (I also use Windows and a Mac) but I'm not an open source 'nut' or whatever but I think this is a good move by Microsoft.

Well done indeed.

re: Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

lotsamystuff — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:42:10 GMT

"Note that "4. Windows lovers" doesn't exist."

You've never met "Waethorn", have you?

"Typical MS Hater garbage."

I'm following Paul Thurrott's "Apple model" of damning their efforts with faint praise. Note: I did say "nice move regardless", didn't I?

I don't "hate" MS. Life's too short, man. Get a grip.

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mjw149 — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:14:51 GMT

Congratulations, Mum, a completely self-defeating post. A real rarity online.

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Mum — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:38:53 GMT

"Typical MS Hater garbage."

Which of these groups has the most fanatic people?

1. MS haters

2. Mac lovers

3. Mac haters

I'd have to vote 3. Note that "4. Windows lovers" doesn't exist.

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re: Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

tayme — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:59:26 GMT

@"lotsamystuff" - "Translation: "We're struggling to stay relevant""

You *** because MS doesn't do something...then, when they do, you post crap like this. Typical MS Hater garbage.

--tayme

re: Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

fenra13 — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:21 GMT

So is the PDF support they mention the "Save As" support they have as an add-in for 2007, or are they planning editing support, à la Adobe Acrobat (among others).

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BrightrevCarl — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:51:02 GMT

I think that's awesome. I used OOo for a few years, but Microsoft Office is just better. I still have to hunt around to find anything on the Office 2007 ribbon, but I like it. It'd be absolutely great if they put in the ability to edit existing PDFs. Adobe Acrobat is expensive, and most people only need basic PDF editing and saving functionality.

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JuryDuty — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:23:48 GMT

Thank God for native PDF.

re: Microsoft Opens Up Office to New Document Formats

lotsamystuff — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:00 GMT

Translation: "We're struggling to stay relevant"

Nice move, regardless.

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Ocean — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:01:55 GMT

Both Gates and Ballmers grasp on the company is slipping.

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johnpapola — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:46:19 GMT

Bravo! Office is a great product (for the most part) and making it 100% interoperable allows it to shine without the cloud of monopoly maintenance hovering over it.

Keep it up Mr. Ballmer.