> ...or just refuse delivery of broken-by-design file formats.

>Jim Thompson wrote:

>>>>Received any specifications in "docx" format yet ?:-)

>>>

>JeffM wrote:

>>>They say that the memory is the 2nd thing to go, Old Timer. 8-)
>>>You even posted to that thread.

>...

>>...or just refuse delivery of broken-by-design file formats.
>>

>Consultants can't do that. The client is king :-)

>>>>>>My rule WRT text documents is Word-97 format.
>>>>>>Can be read by all clients, and OpenOffice also handles it just fine.
>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>My rule WRT text documents is Word-97 format.
>>>>>>>>Can be read by all clients, and OpenOffice also handles it just fine.
>>>>>>>>

>>You are going to LOVE this:
>>"Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats"
>>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/137257&mode=nested&threshold=5#21879732
>>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/137257&mode=nested&threshold=5#21880018
>>(Summary at the top of that page.)
>>
>>Instead of fixing THEIR broken parser,
>>they crippled backwards-compatibility with file formats.
>>Get ready for lots of steaming piles coming your way.
>>

>So who has Office 2003 ?:-)
>

> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:38:51 -0800 (PST), JeffM email.com>
> wrote:
>

>> JeffM wrote:

>>>> ...or just refuse delivery of broken-by-design file formats.
>>>>

>> Joerg wrote:

>>> Consultants can't do that. The client is king :-)

>> Joerg wrote:

>>>>>>>> My rule WRT text documents is Word-97 format.
>>>>>>>> Can be read by all clients, and OpenOffice also handles it just fine.
>>>>>>>>

>> You are going to LOVE this:
>> "Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats"
>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/137257&mode=nested&threshold=5#21879732
>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/137257&mode=nested&threshold=5#21880018
>> (Summary at the top of that page.)
>>
>> Instead of fixing THEIR broken parser, ...

> Joerg wrote:

>>>>>>>>> My rule WRT text documents is Word-97 format.
>>>>>>>>> Can be read by all clients, and OpenOffice also handles it just fine.
>>>>>>>>>

> JeffM wrote:

>>> You are going to LOVE this:
>>> "Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats"
>>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/137257&mode=nested&threshold=5#21879732
>>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/137257&mode=nested&threshold=5#21880018
>>> (Summary at the top of that page.)
>>>
>>> Instead of fixing THEIR broken parser,
>>> they crippled backwards-compatibility with file formats.
>>> Get ready for lots of steaming piles coming your way.
>>>

> Jim Thompson wrote:

>> So who has Office 2003 ?:-)
>>

> Clients. ...

> Jim Thompson wrote:

>>
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:53:09 -0800, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>> hovnanian.com> wrote:
>>

>>>Jim Thompson wrote:

>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:09:11 -0800, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>>>> seanet.com> wrote:
>>>>

>>>>>MooseFET wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>[snip]

>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...not if the world ends before the national debt has to be paid. Any
>>>>>> money that is left when the rapture comes will just go to waste.

>>>>>
>>>>>You appear to have just summarized GOP fiscal policy in one sentence.

>>>> ...

> In article <47B5D310.E1B29E03@seanet.com>, paulh@seanet.com says...

>> Jim Thompson wrote:

>>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:53:09 -0800, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>>> hovnanian.com> wrote:
>>>

>>>> Jim Thompson wrote:

>>>>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:09:11 -0800, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>>>>> seanet.com> wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>> MooseFET wrote:
>>>>>> [snip]

>>>>>>> ...not if the world ends before the national debt has to be paid. Any
>>>>>>> money that is left when the rapture comes will just go to waste.

>>>>>> You appear to have just summarized GOP fiscal policy in one sentence.

>>>>> Crap! If you listen closely to Obama's double-talk, he's going to
>>>>> spend even more... by taxing you "rich" guys ;-)

>>>> That's fine by me. I believe in paying for what I want.

>>> Sure you do. But how about paying for what _other_people_ want?

>> And then they'll pay for what I want. Not a bad deal. ...