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Proprietary file format lock in

Posted by Libervis on · 2 comments
Libervis.com; By Iestyn Pryce 		Mail this story
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This I feel is the greatest problem for people, especially academics when wanting to switch to GNU/Linux. Many people in my family work at universities in the UK. These people would happily switch to GNU/Linux tomorrow if it could run their .doc and other proprietary file formats properly.

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hiohoaus ·
I have a number of customers who are quite pleased with OpenOffice for reading incoming .DOC files & the like.

Don't try this with a design studio, they're too interested in finicky details; but for ordinary office stuff, it's fine.
Bob_Robertson ·
The reverse is also true.

.DOC files made with OOo are perfectly usable, so if a customer or vendor demands DOC, they can get it from a OOo shop without skipping a beat.

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