In the work I do, I still have to deal with older .xls and .doc formats. Agreed that LibreOffice and open source libraries do indeed work much better with newe

In the work I do, I still have to deal with older .xls and .doc formats. Agreed that LibreOffice and open source libraries do indeed work much better with newer MS *x documents. It's pretty far from 100% though. These semi-open formats are a hassle for me, and they're a major hurdle for any organization trying to build a business built on parsing MS Office files on an open source platform. As far as MS opening up, I won't deny that they are moving in the right direction, but as far as I'm concerned there's still a ways to go. Get complete compatibility for Office file formats, and I'll be much more sympathetic.