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Discuss “Open-format documents benefit the tech community”

Collaboration on computer files has become commonplace across the Internet, especially in academic and office environments. Thanks to open-format programs like OpenOffice, documents that used to be constricted to a single operating system or program can now be opened and edited anywhere. Jack can send Jill a Word document or a PDF file without worrying whether or not Jill will be able to open it. She can even view it online with a program like Google Docs. These days, with the preferences of some being fiercely stubborn as they are (e.g., Jack refuses to use a Mac, Jill refuses to use a Windows machine), it would seem silly to transcribe information in such a way that it could not always be transferred between two people.

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