From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRqLG-0005d2-Ny for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:59:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA1BAE040D; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:59:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA13BE040D for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:59:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so1255752nfi.26 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:59:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:to:subject :content-disposition:from:date:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=wLR8oZDE7iKFOqg/xm0jxUnHBstBclUjy4TEs9YLn50=; b=ayb5480yquL9iDMhSgaCsdK2+vkeKkof31TP/GnyS/ZAeYf1qJYtYUoCVy8dRe4fQu TsQ1S1JXvLOK4rgQxJBACdNcxQM1v8m7wRTXvAuDPTFvw9YDbforrq8pNfd1WojNxJKb DSrYsqvQorMdAz7p4eJH9AcLQ/rf3SxMG3bTA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=to:subject:content-disposition:from:date:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=WqFgNxEDJbShFRrqaX/9qwXg4dkqIhaIWMyAY8+msU3svZ4zeE722zHzepHZOFCrm/ 5PtJAg01kPal//fyMFcTGvP+MzgEQfZf8xfZ8qkeOJZKwJaXqaLqQ5s9/UJiioG3WQqM /l2hFk8abGiW7CTchtWOfgRkvDTBOkTFIEMD8= Received: by 10.210.42.13 with SMTP id p13mr1420654ebp.87.1233071948093; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:59:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.af.didata.local (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm17369203eyg.42.2009.01.27.07.59.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:59:07 -0800 (PST) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Crossover Office and Word 2007 Content-Disposition: inline From: Alan McKinnon Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:57:58 +0200 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200901271757.59034.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 94daaed1-4d93-433c-8c41-d49cfb6aeabd X-Archives-Hash: 2dd54dcb9bd494e8c0a10d9cb13840e6 On Tuesday 27 January 2009 17:46:46 Grant Edwards wrote: > I realize I'm arguing a moot point, but using something like > .docx for shared documents that need to be maintained by > multiple people for a long time (more than a month or two) is a > dead awful choice. > > A plain ascii text file is probably the best choice for > portability and longevity. =A0However, that suggestion's probably > not going to fly because it severly limits the amount of time > you can waste picking out eye-shatteringly ugly font > combinations and f*&king up margins, gutters, leading, and all > the other things people like to mess up rather than doing real > work. The management and I have an agreement: They do not get to tell me who gets access to the company's core=20 infrastructure. I do not get to set company policy. The latter applies here. =2D-=20 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com