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Holy fucking shit...STOP USING MS OFFICE and spread the word!!!!

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bwid_s_01:
http://www.utne.com/web_special/web_specials_2003-08/articles/10807-1.html

At least China has some sense:
http://silicon.com/news/500012/1/5726.html

[ August 26, 2003: Message edited by: bwid_s_01 ]

avello500:
hmm asians get m$ code, then comes cheaper version of windows. goto love it.
i cant wait to see the OS they come up with.

suselinux:

quote:Originally posted by avello500:
hmm asians get m$ code, then comes cheaper version of windows. goto love it.
i cant wait to see the OS they come up with.
--- End quote ---


Red Flag Linux

sime:
This is not new and was pointed out to the troll who was up here @ the weekend which he / she / it chose to ignore as is the norm for trolls.

Interesting to note Mr. Blair was burned by this and the UK Gov now utilizes PDF documents.

More info can be found here ...

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3154479.stm

http://www.cs.uit.no/~tobias/NEW/word-rejection.html

Keep this in mind when you email attachments - Don't attach Word docs for 2 reasons.

1] You will potentially be passing personal data that you don't even know is there to all and sundry.

2] The document sizes are HUGE in comparison to a text file. There is enough rubbish on the net, using up bandwidth without adding the overheads of a Word document and potentially 10%+ more information than is actually necessary.

Sime

Calum:
here's another very good reason not to use them:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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