On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:47:13AM +1100, James Wilkinson uttered:
> This one time, at band camp, Paul Cameron said:
>
> Using Word for documenting is hardly a 'skill', and any professional
> documentor will be using tools like DocBook, or TeX, and generating
> their documentation in something PORTABLE and USEFUL, unlike the
> steaming crap that Word produces: i.e. *valid* HTML, PS, PDF, and many
> others.
>
Wooo! Preach it, brother!
Indeed, the ^(*&$)(&#_ KRAP that Word calls HTML is laughable.
I _much_ prefer HTML, TeX or DocBook over a Word document anyway.

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> jamesw
> 
> <Balial> so you have a dodgey OS connected to a proxy with a dodgey network
> card connecting to a dodgey ISP and chatting on dodgey IRC servers - all you
> need now is some alcohol & night swimming & you have a winning combination!
> 
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