Free word viewer? yes, free as in free beer. YBA is talking about free software in the sense of free speach. He wants a person to understand the meaning of free software and sending in a free format is one way of showing it.
As for Microsoft or Bill gates, we all understand that they are not the root of all evil. We are not against Microsoft, we are against the idea that someone will have control over the software we use or over the format we use to distribute our documents. If it was another company it would be the same. No one here is beconnimg religous. Protecting my own (and others) freedom is not a religous war. -- Ori Idan Imri Zvik wrote: > Just to clarify - I was referring to Oron's comment more than anything > else, and it's the attitude that annoys me, not the request it self. I > see that a lot with Free Software supporters - it becomes a 'religious' > thing, i.e. they act like zealots. > Microsoft is not the root of all that is evil, Bill Gates is not Satan, > and you can download a free Word viewer from their site. > > Get things into proportion. > > (But, I agree that in the bottom line, anyone who offers a job can ask > candidates to send CV's in any format he wishes) > > > Have a great day! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oleg Goldshmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:03 PM > To: marc > Cc: Imri Zvik; Oron Peled; Jonathan Ben Avraham; ILUG > Subject: Re: [YBA] Job Opening > > marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I say, Imri - you off the hip is as militaristic as his preference >> to a given set of formats. And you know - since he is the one >> offering a job (unlike yourself, who is only kibitzing) - he can be >> the one calling the shots on formats. >> > > Let alone the possible consideration that testing the ability of a > candidate to convert one's CV to PDF (or another portable format), or, > indeed, *write* one's CV in a way that produces a portable result may > be a useful first-line filtering technique. > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
