Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: > I think you are free to ignore those ads, but I would hate to block a > potential job for a FOSS person just because the format requested is not > open. I think that choice should be up to the potential applicant. > > I will also note that OO both reads and writes .doc format. > > md
In fact, it seems to me that making FOSS an all-or-nothing choice is detrimental to everyone concerned, and that if an organization only wishes to adopt FOSS partially, they should be able to do that. Insisting that they use an open document format in job postings is akin to suggesting that they need to change the way their organization operates in order to even begin employing FOSS - which I do not believe is good for anyone, since it leads to less FOSS usage, making it easier to disregard FOSS compatibility and giving less incentive to contribute to FOSS projects. Take it easy, David Berube Berube Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] (603)-485-9622 http://www.berubeconsulting.com/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
