Kirk, I don't give a damm if that's what they expect. From me, they don't get. Sometimes, this turns into an educational opportunity. Usually, I don't hear anything one way or the other. On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Kirk Wood wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I rather think it arrogant to presume everyone wants and reads Word. I > > regard it as arrogant to presume we all pay tribute to Microsoft. I > > further regard it arrogant to treat a proprietary, non-consensus, file > > format as some kind of standard. > > While it may be arrogant, it is reality. The reality is that business > documents are often in word format, and if they send you a document to > edit in word format, they expect it back in the same format. I suppose it > is arrogant, but then again companies have been arrogant for many > years. They still have the gall to tell you what is acceptable to wear and > expect you to schedule your life arround them. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nowlan's Theory: > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from > the next freeway exit. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
