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To: Schiz who wrote (17082)2/5/1998 3:13:00 AM
From: nommedeguerre  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
Ken,

>>The same reason I even use excel at all. Compatibility. Once microsoft gets the upgrade installed by enough people, other people are forced to upgrade.

All the more reason for the consumer to force standardization onto software data formats. VHS may not be the best standard but I can take a video-tape recorded on any brand VCR and play it on any other brand VCR without special conversions. Once again all you can shove into a file are text, video, and audio. Surely they can come up with a standard format that everyone can read/write to. That would be a TRUE productivity gain if everyone could "share" data between similar applications.

Cheers,

Norm
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