On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 11:22 +0530, Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> Vihan Pandey wrote:
> >> If you fit the requirements and are interested, then send me your
> >> profile preferably in plaintext (but .doc and .odt are welcome as well).
> > 
> > 
> > i find it HIGHLY OFFENSIVE that you are encouraging the use of a .doc file
> > format in a GNU/Linux mailing list. Even if your mail is tagged as
> > commercial.
> 
> oh no.. i am doomed. So what distro of GNU/Linux do you use?? i am sure 
> it doesn't bundle OOo. Even if it does, they remove the capability to 
> read / write .doc files.. right?
> 
> Gimme a break and be practical.. use the right tool for the job and stop 
> being a GNU/Linux fanboi.. and while you are at it, stop calling it 
> GNU/Linux as well.. simply 'linux' does the trick. Don't get me wrong, I 
> love linux.. it gives me and my family lunch, dinner, an occasional 
> drink and a good life. I am a linux user/admin, not a slave.

Oh, boy! Not only do you not discourage the use of .doc files but you
also don't discourage the use of "linux." You really are in for it now.
I can sense the thought police gearing up already. i hope you are flame
resistant. :)

-gabin

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Specifications, design, and coding can be done at any speed - only
debugging takes time. 
-- Weinberg's Programming Principle #6 

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