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Mike Poindexter:
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> The problem you run into is that whenever a new feature is
> added into a program, it requires that the file format be
> modified to accept the feature.
Yes. But it can be done in various ways. Some of them (PNG
and HTML for example) are designed so you still can read the
files with an old program, even though if of cause will be
unable to render the newer features.
> Imagine way back when centered text wasn't available. How
> could a program written back then properly open a file
> that has centered text, columns, drop caps and a
> spreadsheet table in it?
You mean like the difference between HTML 1 and HTML 4? You
would actually be able to make sense of an HTML 4 document
in an HTML 1 browser.
> Many people complain about file incompatibility, but the
> only way to stop it is to stop innovating the line of
> programs
BS!
> and most of the people who would support doing that are
> probably the ones that can't figure out how to do xyz with
> Program X anyway. Power users want upgrades, as there is
> always something that can be improved.
There are still lots of things that can be improved in most,
if not all, programs, but this doesn't give programmers
carte blanche to use unextensible file formats.
> If the majority of people can't read Jet, I would venture
> a guess that might be easier, since I would assume that it
> would already be ported over to UNIX.
SQL ported to UNIX?!?
1) SQL is a language (protocol), not an application!
2) AFAIK the first database management system using SQL was
developed for a UNIX system.
Play well,
Jacob
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