From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PnAM-0005Ia-00 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:07:27 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0DG6mN24849 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:06:48 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:06:47 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: anti-word In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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.