[mdlug] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Aaron Kulkis

> Considering that even the  internal FORMAT of all office
> files is trade secret, and oftentimes, not even well
> documented within Microsoft itself, you expect a
> reverse-engineered implementation to be just as efficient
> why, exactly?

 I have to agree; it's not at all surprising that OpenOffice isn't as
efficient handling MS formats as MS products are. That said, the trajectory,
as even the cited links points out, is very much in favor of OO long term.
It's improving faster than Office is.

 Sincerely,

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