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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

> Lars Gravengaard wrote:
>
>>> (my heart
>>> bleeds for anyone archiving Word documents - to read one in 20 years
>>> you'd not only have to get working hardware and an operating system
>>> capable of running the correct version of Office, but a valid LICENSE
>>> too, and an online validation server for it, so it can be enabled.
>>
>> Why are anyone using Word ?
>>
>> Now we have openoffice.org ! And it can even open you=B4s word/excel f=
iles.
>
> Which invalidates all the arguments against Word in the paragraph above=
...
> :)

Always assuming that ever-newer gatesware will not resort to draconic=20
encryption in its efforts to keep un-American (mostly made in=20
California) freedom of access to one's own information at bay.

> Besides, you don't need a validation server to get Windows and Word
> installed and working. And a license you should have had when you creat=
ed
> the files. And so far, newer versions of the program have been able to =
read
> older versions of the files, so you don't need Word 2 to read those fil=
es
> created with Word 2.
>
> I've lost some minor data due to "original program gone", but I haven't
> lost any Word data so far -- and I'm using it since Word 5 for DOS.

My experience runs contrary to yours. The files I need to read are not=20
by me, but from others, esp. family members who are aging. And they=20
assume that I have *any* version of Office, which is wrong. I now do=20
have staroffice/openoffice though.

Peter
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