This interested me:
> If, on the other hand, you are regularly updating and > returning Word files to other people then I don't see any choice other > than to have a copy of Word and make sure it is at the same level as the > other person - unless you can arrange an exchange of documents in > another mutually readable format like RTF (although this is still open > to interpretation). Since Microsoft have control of the .doc format and > are continually tweaking it to give them the edge nothing will ever be > fully compatible.
To what extent are the word processor wars worsened by people not learning the common courtesy of saving texts in RTF before sending to someone outside their IT department's purview?
I can't as a paid professional give somebody a file and have it print "funny". Thats how MS wins.
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