From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-out.kivex.com ([204.177.32.18]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Q9FR-0001WF-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:42:09 -0500 Received: from ccrawford.acb.org ([216.51.9.68]) by smtp-out.kivex.com (8.8.8/8.8.7-KIVEX) with ESMTP id KAA18056 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:42:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020114115329.024ea2a0@198.144.194.210> X-Sender: ccrawford@198.144.194.210 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:53:45 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Charles Crawford Subject: Re: anti-word In-Reply-To: <20020113111458.J335@uic.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020113121115.02393c00@198.144.194.210> <013801c19c4c$9d1178a0$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020113121115.02393c00@198.144.194.210> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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" > > >To: > > >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@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup