I think you need to re-read the original article because the
incompatibility certainly isn't 'old news' in any way, shape or form.
This incompatibility means that starting with Office 2003, you may not
be able to read/open older documents...and many if not most businesses
archive old documents.
Craig
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 02:22 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:
> Couple things. While Vista made number 1 on pcworlds disappointment
> list, Office 2007 independently made the list (somewhere around #7 I
> think). The incompatibility is old news though. What is new is that
> MS has added readers/patches to allow users of older Office products
> (at least 2003, maybe more) to READ the .docx files from Office 2007
> but not to change them. Your point remains valid, but OO doesn't
> solve it either. Another example of M$ arrogance.
>
> BTW, XP SP3 will be including some Vista stuff though I do not know
> what. Scary though.
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 9:53 PM, gm5729 <gm5729@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well with vista being named 2007 pcworlds worst software of the year
> > and the price of new machines, new programs and such biz is gonna
> > squeeze as much life out of their equipment as possible before
> > upgrading.... cant wait for the xp serv pack block...... ;)
> >
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 9:15 PM, gm5729 <gm5729@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > lol... good ole planned obscelescence ... it will be much easier now
> > > to use OO for those older formats instead of keeping/obtaining older
> > > M$ office stuff
> > >
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