Re: ready to be flamed about ms word

[Jim Ziegler <jcz ziplink net>]

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Bob Lissner wrote:
> We're starting to think that we should use Microsoft file
> formats for Word, Excel, and Access.  Why?  I also run a
> home building business, and every day I get Word files
> attached to email.  The sender just ASSUMES that I can read
> Word files, or Excel, etc.  So why fight it?
> 

Bad idea. MS changes the fromats all the time.

> Our file formats are currently all visible ascii
> characters.  We could stay that way too.

Sounds good.  One can always fix problems, extract data, reformat, etc. with a
plain text editor.