Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 01, 2003 10:50 PM
There are? Ones that read and write the format at 100% compatibility?
Sure, if you only do PDFs or OpenOffice documents. But most places use Microsoft Office documents, and despite the fact that OpenOffice does MSFT Office about 99%, there's still 1% left that isn't done. If, for instance, a character is accidentally left off because it's in this 1%, that can potentially be the difference between being sued and not.
It's unforgivable to use 99%-compatible if there are 100% open standards out there.
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Re:Government Document Access Surtax
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 01, 2003 10:50 PMSure, if you only do PDFs or OpenOffice documents. But most places use Microsoft Office documents, and despite the fact that OpenOffice does MSFT Office about 99%, there's still 1% left that isn't done. If, for instance, a character is accidentally left off because it's in this 1%, that can potentially be the difference between being sued and not.
It's unforgivable to use 99%-compatible if there are 100% open standards out there.
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