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Article #621995Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 21:42
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 21:42
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On 23/04/2018 22:36, Huge wrote: > On 2018-04-23, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> After my employer left the caost after Katrina, I apllied for a number >>> of jobs. Those that wanted a Word document of my resume, all wanted a >>> different year version of Word to be used. >>> >>> I used Open Office and submitted to each of them in the Word format >>> they wanted. >>> >> >> Wow, that's interesting. What I can't understand, unless it's just poor >> design and coding, is why they can't make the versions more compatible. If >> you get a document in a new format and our version doesn't understand, why >> the heck can't it just do something with it before it gives you the >> message. In the simplest case, just render it as unformatted text. >> Upward-compatibility of a kind is not all that difficult to achieve. > > Because MS want you to buy a new version. > > Which is no doubt why Office 365 which needs an annual subscription has appeared?
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