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Re: It makes no sense
by Chris Ward on Saturday 03/Nov/2007, @07:34

Ten years ago, most people used VCRs and VHS videotapes, to rent movies and record off TV.

Now, they use DVD players and ISO-standard DVDs.

You cannot put a VHS videotape into a DVD player. Either you use a conversion service, convert it yourself, or leave it inaccessible on VHS.

It's pointless making a DVD player able to read from and write to VHS videotapes. You want a VCR for that job.

New stuff goes on ISO-standard DVDs.

Good work, 'koffice' crew. Keep it up !

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Re: It makes no sense
by T. J. Brumfield on Saturday 03/Nov/2007, @18:45

Document archiving is somewhat more important than watching a 20 year old copy of "Romancing the Stone". That is a big reason why ODF is so important.

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Re: It makes no sense
by AJS on Tuesday 11/Dec/2007, @09:51

For document archiving, the chances are that you don't have to be able to read your old files into your new office suite. You might want to view an old letter you sent 10 years ago, but you sure as heck don't need to edit it (in fact, editing it could be a Very Bad Thing in some circumstances). So, all you need do is get a Microsoft Windows box with a version of Office that can open all your old files, and a PostScript printer driver. Then "print" all your documents to PS files. They can be viewed or printed as required.

If you do ever need to edit an old file, any Open Source office suite should be able to have at least a brave go at opening it. Most files will need a few minor tweaks, but in rare cases it may work out easier and quicker just to retype the whole lot from scratch. At any rate, you can always call up the PostScript version as a reference rendering.

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