Exchanging ID files between versions and platforms

I use IDCS on a Mac OS 10.3. The need has arisen to regularly work on a magazine with a PC only user, for whom I must advise software. If he purchases IDCS3 for Windows he will bw able to read my files, but will he be able to save for CS so I can deal with his? I do not think Interchange files will open on CS. Should I upgrade to CS2 to read his CS3 output, or could he get an old copy of CS2 for Win and I upgrade to CS2? I have been told CS2 and CS3 are incompatible if not on same platform; is this true?
Any guidance gratefully received!
Rus

Russell,
I'm the one who asked about compatibility. :)
The only cross-platform issues I've seen have been the use of Macintosh-format fonts, which can't be used on PC, and occasionally (twice, I think, in all the years I've been working with ID) a placed graphic in a file originating on a Mac that would crash when the file was opened on PC, and that was solved by sending .inx.
You are correct that .inx is not going to work at all except between two consecutive versions, and it isn't a good way to do collaboration in any case. You should both be using the same version, and the same fonts, either OpenType which is completely cross-platform, or PC, preferably PC TrueType which also can be installed in Mac OS X, or if necessary as a last resort PC Type 1 can be installed in the private Adobe font folders and used in the Adobe applications.
If all you need it the ability to edit the stories, take a look at InCopy, but I think ultimately you should be thinking along the lines of buying CS3. There are enough productivity enhancements and new features to make it worthwhile in most cases even without a collaborative need. I think you'll need to upgrade the OS, too, though to run it.
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