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Comment Re:Wrong decision (Score 1) 198

Have you used Microsoft Office? It can't interoperate with its own older versions, ...

It can't even interoperate with newer versions. I teach math, and have Word 2008 for Mac OS. Students who hand in assignments edited in Word 2007 for Windows is unreadable, since math from Equation Editor is incompatible between versions. Both versions of MS Office saves in the "standardized" docx format.

Comment Re:Its been done (Score 1) 108

My math professors mostly use their own books in the courses, and we are told to buy those. But then again, the most recent version is usually found at www.math.ku.dk/noter. That's textbooks enough for the first 3 years in college studying math, before it gets too specialized. All books are in danish, though, so maybe not so interesting for everyone.
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