anti-word

[Janina Sajka]

Charley:

I'm all for consumer choice. That's why I like linux. And I admit that for 
whatever reasons most users choose Microsoft. And, I admit that, since I'm 
in the minoirity, I'm the one who must adapt somehow.

What I cannot accept, however, is an attitude that says my choice should 
be entirely invisible to the majority. My choice is also my perogative. 
And, if the majority wishes to cede its freedoms to some corporation, that 
is their perogative as well. But, they cannot expect me to pretend like I 
do that too. I have no interest in being, or pretending to be, a slave.


On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Charles Crawford wrote:

> Hello Amanda, Janina and other interested listers,
> 
>          Well, looks like the world of advocacy is impinging on planet 
> Linux.  It is correct to point out that in the ideal there should not be a 
> word processing standard imposed by a company, but as we all know, the 
> sender of a word file getting a text file back might not see the world in 
> the same way.  Don't you just hate it when that happens.  Smile.
> 
>          I guess my view is that if word users want to communicate with 
> those who don't use word, then they have to adjust to the realities of 
> other computer platforms.  Consumer choice still has it's place!
> 
> -- Charlie Crawford.
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:09 AM 01/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Amen! to that Janina!
> >
> >Amanda
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:06 AM
> >Subject: Re: anti-word
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Steve Holmes wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes and if a word document is sent to you for your input and editing,
> >I'm
> > > > sure the original party would expect the thing to come back in Word
> >format
> > > > along with the built-in formatting, styles and such.  Some of this whole
> > > > anti Word sounds arogant to me.
> > >
> > >
> > > I rather think it arrogant to presume everyone wants and reads Word. I
> > > regard it as arrogant to presume we all pay tribute to Microsoft. I
> > > further regard it arrogant to treat a proprietary, non-consensus, file
> > > format as some kind of standard.
> > >
> > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org