Re: [PLUG] John "MAD DOG" Hall in Philadelphia 10/10 (fwd)

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

Kevin McAllister wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 paul@dpagin.net wrote:
>
> > There are Linux-based applications that read and write files in Word 
> > format. Word is also
> > a business standard. Wouldn't it be better to follow the path of 
> > Samba and embrace Word
> > instead of avoiding it?
>
> most of the apps that read and write files in word format don't display
> the same cross platform.  And of course if you tweak your MS word settings
> it can severly impact a documents ability to display an idea effectively.
> I would imagine that if a Marketing person wanted to do their job
> effectively they would ensure that all platforms could view the
> information as he inteneded.

I "moderate" a list where I am possibly the only Linux user. In fact, 
most my eMail goes through my Palm, bypassing Windows & Linux.  I still 
try to encourage users to avoid sending Word docs because, after 
Outlook, they are the greatest hosts for viruses (something that Linux & 
Palm recipients can worry less about).  Many of the firms on the list 
have policies against receiving & opening Word attachments.
> > (This is an e-mail sent from Win98SE. This will post immediately, 
> > while the the one sent
> > from Linux took a day to show up.)
Using 3 different OSs and 2 different SMTP servers, and all my mail 
seems to post at the same time.  Got to be something wrong with the way 
your Linux mailer is set up.
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