![]() ![]() The current iteration of Micro$oft Office should be capable of opening any and all files created by any prior release of M$ Office, and should be capable of doing so in a safe and secure manner. Let’s not forget – what is being supported is *software*, ie M$ Office, not a file format. ![]() > entirely, which is not all that unreasonable I suppose for formats greater > still taking a big step towards getting rid of support for those old formats ![]() ![]() > for almost everyone) an option, for now at least gives MS an excuse, while leaving it technically (but not really practically > Deliberately making it too cumbersome and complex for most people to ever This ought to be yet another reminder of the role of digital preservation and Microsoft's lack of interest in it.įrom the comments in Slashdot (one among plenty): It then relies on innocent users who might use the default file formats in Office 2007 (a derivative of OOXML). Microsoft decided to pull away Office 2003 so that it isn’t available. They could soon become victims of the network effect (forced upgrade). But as of July 1, 2007, Microsoft won’t be making the OEM version of Office 2003 to its PC partners, a k a “OEMs.”Īs it would seem based on the fragments above, Microsoft is putting pressure on users of old versions of Microsoft Office. It’s only been six months since Microsoft launched Office 2007 at retail. Mind the following fact, which was mentioned here quite recently: If you have old Word, Excel, 1-2-3, Quattro, or Corel Draw documents, watch out! In Service Pack 3 for Office 2003, Microsoft disabled support for many older file formats. Slashdot has a very eye-opening short article. Posted in Formats, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, Security at 4:47 am by Dr. 01.02.08 Gemini version available ♊︎ HOWTO: Pressure All Microsoft Office Users to Embrace OOMXL (Updated) ![]()
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