On Sun, 2001-12-30 at 17:52, Doug Lerner wrote: > I wouldn't mind doing that myself, and encouraging our company to do > that. I have no particular love for Microsoft proprietary products. But I > can't force our customers to change. As we say here in Japan, "the > customer is God." If the client wants to send me an Office file I have to > be able to see it. And I have to be able to send something back to the > customer that they can open. > > doug
I hear you. As a consultant, I deal with customers' Word and Excel docs on a daily basis. For my own work, I use StarOffice 6 beta, and all my files are saved in SO's native xml formats. When I need to send a document to a customer, I export it to the appropriate MS Office format, then send it to them. I also, without trying to sound like a zealot or something, warn them about these kinds of things, so they aren't surprised when it finally happens. There's a really good article at: http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200104/200104.htm which I found very informative, and which I emailed several of my customers. They are all ignoring my warnings, but I will have the last laugh, and will likely make a *really* good living when they suddenly need to convert their systems and data... Dave -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup.
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