[H-GEN] Sad day for Linux

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com> writes:

> Until StarOffice, the .xls and .doc files I received meant that I'd
> normally need MSOffice.  It used to drive me crazy how many people would
> assume this.  Lots of people required documents in Word format as well
> (recruiters and resumes come to mind here).

I find it's the sending in Word format that really gets me (as in:
"please submit your resume in Word format").

Most of the time people will readily believe you if you say you
couldn't open the attachment (the "open" phrasing makes it all a bit
more familiar).  I haven't yet had to escalate to "your document had a
macro virus in it, could you resend it as text?"
-- 
``Oooh!  A gingerbread house!  Hansel and Gretel are set for life!''

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