Il 31/12/2010 11:32, M. Fioretti ha scritto: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:07:30 AM +0000, Gordon Burgess-Parker > (gbpli...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> None of you get the point, do you. >> 1. It is arrogant to return a document in a format different to that >> which was sent to you. > > arrogant my foot. If somebody smokes in my face it is not arrogant to > tell him/her to stop. It is my right, period. >
yes it is your right, but to not be smoked on your face is seen as your right by others (even if "other" is your boss), but to send a document in another format (mainly if the receiver is your boss or customer) isn't seen as your right > For the very same reason, if people send you a document in a > proprietary format you are not arrogant to complain, you would be > wrong to _not_ complain. What is arrogant is sending proprietary > formats when you could avoid it, even after others have explained how > wrong it is. > > Then of course, keep tolerating and using a proprietary format may be > still practically _unavoidable_ in many cases, no question about it. I > am in several of those cases myself. > > But it would be really wrong to always do this by _default_, without > even trying to inform who is doing it that they ARE OBJECTIVELY WRONG > and that they should stop, because they're creating problems to > themselves and every other user of the files they produce, by using > formats that give cocain-like addiction: > > http://stop.zona-m.net/?p=367 > >> (That's why email clients always reply in the same format in which >> the original message was received) > > wrong. Mine (mutt) doesn't for example, and even in Thunderbird this > is an option, not an "always on" uncheangeble behavior. And EVEN if it > were true, it would be a wrong comparison, because with email the > choice is between formats that are both open (plain text or HTML). > > > Marco F. > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
