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TeMPOraL on March 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: “This presentation can’t be opened because it’s to...

How about all non-hackers who don't know what a "file format" is, but may have important documents in decade-old formats? "Normal" people are not only not trained that they should keep upgrading lest they perish; they will ask you with bewilderment, "why I'm supposed to throw away that perfectly working machine after only 3 years?".

aroch on March 17, 2014 [–]

If they're not upgrading, they're not facing the horrible, insurmountable problem OP is.

icebraining on March 17, 2014 | [–]

They are if they need to send a copy to someone with the newer version.

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