Re: PROBLEM: 12.1 version of Word 2008 will not open WinWord .doc files?

In article <ee9b714.119@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Richard_Starling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> JE, you've hit the nail on the head! We live in a world where 
> interoperability and usability are key. You cannot expect everyone
buying and 
> using Office 2008 (or Office 2007 on Vista) to be using a complete MS
stack 
> (much as MS would like us to). Scott is absolutely right, this isn't 
> acceptable and no amount of justification will change that.

Neither can a major software vendor leave security vulnerabilities open 
just because someone else is making non-standard changes to their files. 

That too is unacceptable and unjustifiable.

It's a balancing act, but in general, I'd prefer my vendors err on the 
side of making the other guys fix *their* broken stuff.

I don't know, but I would guess that there's a lot of discussion at 
MacBU right now about how much *system* testing needs to be added to 
their protocols. 

And how much the price of Office 14 will increase because of it...