Ok, but seeing a text file won't tell them that it's been written with emacs under Linux, since you can do the same with notepad. It's just like seeing a car won't automatically tell you that it is a shevy. Greg On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 11:53:45AM -0500, Charles Crawford wrote: > Easy, they see a text file in the response. > -- Charlie. > At 11:14 AM 1/13/02 -0600, you wrote: > >And how do you expect them to know about the other platforms if all they > >know about their windows computer is how to turn it on and off? > >Greg > > > > > >On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 12:17:03PM -0500, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > Hello Amanda, Janina and other interested listers, > > > > > > Well, looks like the world of advocacy is impinging on planet > > > Linux. It is correct to point out that in the ideal there should not be a > > > word processing standard imposed by a company, but as we all know, the > > > sender of a word file getting a text file back might not see the world in > > > the same way. Don't you just hate it when that happens. Smile. > > > > > > I guess my view is that if word users want to communicate with > > > those who don't use word, then they have to adjust to the realities of > > > other computer platforms. Consumer choice still has it's place! > > > > > > -- Charlie Crawford. > > > > > > > > > > > > At 11:09 AM 01/13/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Amen! to that Janina! > > > > > > > >Amanda > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > > > >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > >Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:06 AM > > > >Subject: Re: anti-word > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yes and if a word document is sent to you for your input and editing, > > > >I'm > > > > > > sure the original party would expect the thing to come back in Word > > > >format > > > > > > along with the built-in formatting, styles and such. Some of > > this whole > > > > > > anti Word sounds arogant to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Speakup mailing list > > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
