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asininity wrote: »

They have provided compatibility how many times do I have to say it, they had to do it on their own.

Well, if they did it on their own with no MS assistance then they've acted in an illegal manner.

OO was developed before 2008. No one seems to moan so much about MS works. Baffles me!

Microsoft Works is a terrible, terrible product that should be decommissioned and replaced with Office Home & Student in my opinion.

In a purely business sense yes. Home users its debatable. I'm glad we agree that the first point of call is developing their product, the whole world doesn't revolve around microsoft.

Unfortunately, in the electronic document world you're really limited to two formats at present, PDF and Doc. Maybe that will change in the future..

More compatibility or potentially sued mmmm difficult decission. I'm sure I'd rather not get sued at MS's whim (ie when they see that OO is a big threat, just likes happened with Linux) just to provide 100% compatibility.

Haven't OO already stepped on 40+ Microsoft patents and brought themselves right in the crosshairs? It'd be commercial suicde to pursue OO, but Tom Tom are a commercial organisation with substantial revenue and if they have acted in a foul way, then regardless of who is at the legal helm, they should be held accountable. That is why patents exist afterall.

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anewhope wrote: »

Well, if they did it on their own with no MS assistance then they've acted in an illegal manner.

Reverse engineering is not illegal.

anewhope wrote: »

Microsoft Works is a terrible, terrible product that should be decommissioned and replaced with Office Home & Student in my opinion.

We can agree on that! Thats what you're left with if you can't afford MS office without OO.

anewhope wrote: »

Unfortunately, in the electronic document world you're really limited to two formats at present, PDF and Doc. Maybe that will change in the future..

It is changing thats why MS tried, failed then forced their "open" document format through, ODF is gathering a large following is complies to ISO standards MS were gonna loose out.

anewhope wrote: »

Haven't OO already stepped on 40+ Microsoft patents and brought themselves right in the crosshairs? It'd be commercial suicde to pursue OO, but Tom Tom are a commercial organisation with substantial revenue and if they have acted in a foul way, then regardless of who is at the legal helm, they should be held accountable. That is why patents exist afterall.

Really... who says that?? MS?? Wonder where the proof is, surely they'd have gone after them if they had. FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt) is all they're trying to spread. 235 patents apparently, except MS aren't telling anyone which, wonder why.