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Story: MPs hit by Office 2003, Word 2007 incompatibility

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This is not new...

I don't understand how anyone can be surprised by this. It is certainly not the first time Microsoft has done it, and it obviously isn't going to be the last (OOXML).

On the occasions I have run into it, I've used it as a foot in the door for OpenOffice, explaining that OO 3.0 can read Office 2007 (docx) format. In almost every case, the user has ended up liking OpenOffice so much better than MS Office that they have simply switched completely over.

I know it isn't that easy in big organizations, especially big government organizations, but it's a start...

jw

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