Or the other way of looking at things is
I have one unit here loaded with Corel Office 8 which can read the native File Formats of Corel X3.
My problem is with a company who I am currently building a new LAN for who needs the ability to send documents mainly Word & Excel to their main buyers and it's up to them to provide something that their clients can read when sent electronically and they shouldn't be the ones insisting that their clients install more software on their computers just so that they can read the documents that they are sending out.
In a case like that where there is a lot of competition the business unable to read the files natively will be more likely to switch to a new supplier than install converters that may cause more problems that they cure. Granted this may be a different mater in a few years but now it is important for business or at least the ones who want to stay in business.
Currently I'm only looking at 250 workstations involved here but if I was to install Office 2007 their work load would drop dramatically till the companies that they supply either moved to 2007 or applied the Converter. Right now it is a problem and it shouldn't be left to the people sending proposals or tenders to insist that the companies Local Government Offices that they are sending electronic copies to change their systems to read their new documents format.
This just isn't going to happen and they if supplied with that particular product would be the ones adversely affected and would reduce their ability to Quote or send documents electronically and they whould be reduced to sending these by Snail Mail without the ability to rapidly change something if the contract changes or there is a change in the tender.
In cases like this it's generally First In with the changes Best Dressed and they get the job where as saying that the new Quote/Tender is In The Post no longer cuts the mustard with these organisations.
Even M$ accepts this and after a bit of pushing sold me the Volume License of 2003 and thought they did try to push the 2007 copy they accepted the need for the sale of 2003 because of incompatibility issues that have been introduced with 2007.
And while you can use the Save As Option just how many Data Entry Staff know of this option? Most consider once that they click on the Save Icon the document is saved and is readable by anyone who cares to open it and since they can on their own computers why should they think any differently?
Col
