I know it's off topic, but...

D. Hugh Redelmeier hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sat May 24 02:16:58 UTC 2008


| From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>

|   It will
| be better for Microsoft in the long run to not keep using their legacy
| file formats and associated bugs anyhow.

I'm not sure which bugs you are referring to, but my impression is
that ODF has to be bug-compatible.  The key is that no Excel
spreadsheat can have its meaning changed, even if it is a correction.

One problem with OOXML is they have bugs in their Excel
compatablility.
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