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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 1/27/26 18:00, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:47:20 -0500, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >> ...has FOSS done a better job of not orphaning MS's older file   
   >> formats that MS themselves have now abandoned?   
   >   
   > That’s a question you can easily answer for yourself. How much time   
   > does it take to download and install an open-source office suite, and   
   > seeing what it does with your old documents?   
      
      
   More time than what a Linux advocate would take, for they already have   
   the software installed, so just needs a test file...like this one:   
      
      
      
   Their strong interest to show the superiority of FOSS means that they   
   should be biting at the bit for just such a golden opportunity.   
      
      
   > It’s not a question that’s bothered me personally, because I was never   
   > that dumb as to entrust anything important to proprietary formats for   
   > long-term archival purposes.   
      
   or ... never actually did any important work in that era.  /s   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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