dispute over filetypes

[Spartan Erik]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20050923/tc_pcworld/122685;_ylt=Av9eOJiAKUqj.ecqPDvuJjIjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


great news for those of you against microsoft and like to promote free software such as openoffice

there should be a global system of default filetypes that all programs should be able to access if you ask me

 

[FeestBijtje]

Its generaly known by linux users.
I am using open office on my windows computer (For 3d Modelling)
and it works twice better and takes less time to load cause it runs on java.
And java uses better enviroments etc.

Microsoft office uses an huge amount of .dll files to load with is more intensive to use!

And there is always alternative options to use on the computer.
Most alternative options are also free!

 

[NewFuture]

with having office 2003, wen i use the mas at my art department, at college i cant save to that format so i have to keep it has a text file which is anoying

 

[Matthews255]

i use Calc in the Linux room at school and save as .xls to send home to use on Office 2003

the format screws up.

oh well.

 

[Holdem]

I would prefer open office too!

 

[Brandon]

Is OpenOffice something you can download, can anyone point me to the link?

-DesertWar

 

[Spartan Erik]

http://www.download.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-2064_4-10327045.html?tag=lst-0-3

ive personally never tried the program, but man, if the world could agree on a set of filetypes, life would be MUCH simpler.

 

[Mikek]

Here's the OO (Open Office) link from the OO website:

http://download.openoffice.org/index.html

I recommend you use version 2, I personally think it's better then the orginal version.

I think that file types should be open standards or have an api to access the file specs.