[plug] OOov1.0

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Me 2... and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7...
:) Finally, maybe I can convince dad to dish M$ crap.
Tim
At 00:34 14/08/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>I'll agree with that. :)
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>>Hi all, Just installed OOov1.0 off the APC mag CD, July '02. It was under
>>the directory
>>/ontest/files as Zipped and Tar.Gz files for windows and Linux versions
>>respectively.
>>I can definitely say it works!! I have only one Spreadsheet file in my
>>possession and
>>it was made on msworks v3.0. All i did was save it as a *.csv file, put it
>>on a floppy and
>>then tried to import it into GNumeric and it crashed that App. Then I
>>installed OOo and
>>did not even reboot, then tried to import it into Calc and it went in first
>>Pop. That is
>>absolutely amazing!! I'd also like to say something about "Generic file
>>formats".
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>>  Because a certain company in redmond changes their file formats around when
>>they introduce a
>>new version of their Office product, I have been telling people to save
>>their data in Generic FF's such as .RTF, .CSV or as Text Files so that we
>>can use these files on other platforms. If all of PLUG can start doing this,
>>maybe we can stymie "Closed File Formats" and cause You Know Who plenty of
>>grief. However, Open Office may be able to take on the Closed Nature of MS's
>>files and cause some grief that way. Either way, this is the beginning of
>>the end for microsoft. Wouldn't that be Wonderful? Thanks for listening to
>>my ramblings!
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