[LINK] Google imposing file conversion

[Kim Holburn]

Every time you read a document or edit it you convert it from a bunch of zeros and ones on a disk to a usually quite different bunch of zeros and ones in computer memory to a bunch of pixels on a screen.

Anytime you do anything with a document you convert it from one format or another.

In this case as I understand it google is saying it's not going to convert some formats.  

On 2012/Sep/28, at 10:47 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> I was alerted to this in a newsgroup this morning. What give Google 
> the right to convert documents into a different format?
> Although the announcement doesn't say it does this, further testing 
> by the original poster shows that it is already happening. Files 
> stored as .doc are being returned as .docx. He said he has also 
> noticed that Google Docs no longer appears on this gmail account, has 
> changed to Google Drive.
> 
> 
> http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/scheduled-release-track-features-update_26.html
> 
> Scheduled Release track features update 9/25/12
> 
> Released on 
> <http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/scheduled-release-track-features-update_26.html>9/26/2012 
> 
> No features have launched this week.
> 
> The following features are intended for release to these domains on 
> October 1st:
> Docs: The built-in exporting feature from Google Docs to Microsoft 
> Office will now allow users to download Google documents as modern 
> Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx), as opposed to the older formats 
> (.doc, .xls, .ppt) that were standard in Office 97-2003. For users 
> who still use Office 97-2003, we recommend installing the free 
> <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx>compatibility 
> plugin from Microsoft, which will allow them to open modern Office file types.
> 
> Note:
> The ability to import Office files of any format to Google Docs is 
> still supported and will remain unchanged.
> 
> Release track:
> Scheduled
> 
> Editions included:
> Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education
> 
> For more information:
> <http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49115>http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49115
> 
> 
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