Re: anti-word

["Thomas Ward" <tward@bright.net>]

Hi, well an attitude like that it's a wonder you haven't been fired. Most
colleges or employers tell me they want it a certain way, and I do it.

What does shoving  Linux down the throat of every uneducated person do
besides make them angry? Face the facts they don't know any different. All
the
business/college world cares about is if it works.

It comes down to they tell you what to do, and you tell them what to do.
Eventually it is a fight, and someone gets the screws.


Isn't there anyone on this list with any sense of acomidation? That can do
what is needed to get the job done without making every uneducated user of
Microslop out to be morons when they have their own reasons?


----- Original Message -----
From: Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: anti-word


> 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@1tree.net
> >
> > Nowlan's Theory:
> >         He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
> >         the next freeway exit.
> >
> >
> >
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>
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>
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