Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[dakidd@primenet.com (Don Bruder)]

In article <ikae3.273$cE6.4781@client>, !smentzer@ecom.net (Steve Mentzer)
wrote:

: >        This has been MAJORLY true up until Office 2000.
: >
: >        Try reading an Office 97 document with an earlier version of the
: >software.
: >
: 
: 
: UMMMMM ..... DUH!
: 
: Yeah, it is NOT reasonable to expect to read an office 97 document on office 
: 4.0 or word 5.0 or whatever. That is NOT a bug. Enhanced file formats are not 
: bugs, they are features, and if your software doesn't support a new feature, 
: then you need to upgrade....
: 
: Geez....  Some people don't get it.


Yep, I guess I'm just a dummy... 
Adding a signature byte (apparently unused) at the start of the file (and
thereby pushing everything out of alignment so that previous versions
can't find the info they need to open the file properly) is one helluva
great "enhancement"...

It's real interesting that hex-editing out that one byte at the start of
the file allows prevoius versions to read the file correctly...

Yep, that's an enhancement all right... To Bill's wallet.

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