[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry I wasn't clear in my post. I don't agree with the writers > supposition... I hate .doc and don't use it unless forced but he's got a > point in that it is a major hurdle just getting people to understand > there are other document formats in the first place. Many point and > clickers think that .doc IS the document format of the internet. > Pathetic but true. This article just reinforces the danger once again > of using any proprietary, non-open data formats of any kind.
Wider than the 'format of the internet', though sadly my inbox attests to it... but the issue is really the the word .DOC format is the format of business and this is where the hurdle lies. I am looking with interest at the OpenOffice offerings, I KNOW that if I can show Word x.x compatibility, I can switch many clients away from M$ Word and ultimately, M$ O/S Adrian
