[Gllug] Best format, for everyone, for saving documents.

[Colin Murphy]

SuSE are soon to have on the market their SuSE Linux Desktop product which 
goes to great lengths to maintain compatibility with their Microsoft 
counterparts. I hope that this will really produce some diversity in the 
desktop market

Imagine, if you will, a world where all of the world's desktop users try to 
pull together, be they Linux or Microsoft. Which document format should 
everyone be using to make sure that the recipient can use the document with 
the minimum of fuss, regardless of the system they are using?

In the real world Microsoft users are going to say .doc files, obviously. 
StarOffice seems to be guilty of the same crime by defaulting to .sdx. I 
appreciate that .sdx is an Open format but will a Microsoft product ever read 
such a file without fuss?  

Is there another, happier, more middle ground format to use?  

Is there any reason why we couldn't all just start using RTF?

-- 
Colin Murphy - A man for all seasons, especially pepper.
Colin at ColinMurphy.me.uk


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