[ILUG] Why didnt OS apps think of this first :->

[Robert Kiely]

Hi,

Striaght from the Open Office 1.9 manual/help.

"By default, OpenOffice.org loads and saves files in the OpenDocument
file format.

The OpenDocument file format is an XML file format standardized by
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards).

OpenOffice.org 1.9.100 uses the following file formats:

Document format                                   File extension

OpenDocument Text                               *.odt
OpenDocument Text Template                 *.ott
OpenDocument Master Document            *.odm
HTML Document                                     *.html
HTML Document Template                       *.oth
OpenDocument Spreadsheet                    *.ods
OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template      *.ots
OpenDocument Drawing                           *.odg
OpenDocument Drawing Template             *.otg
OpenDocument Presentation                     *.odp
OpenDocument Presentation Template       *.otp
OpenDocument Formula                           *.odf
OpenDocument Database                         *.odb


Note : The HTML format is not an OpenDocument format."

So....

>Basically M$ have come up with a 'new' file format for office files.
>They are going to use an XML based file format.
>If only OpenOffice had thought of this first!

They DID !

>M$ are so far ahead of the competition that they actually seem to be
>years behind!

It doesn't *seem* that M$ are behind... they ARE !

Rob