[Fsfe-uk] Re: M$ Word -- Bad

[Ramanan Selvaratnam]

Chris Croughton wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:21:54PM +0100, Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:
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>  
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> > If people cannot understand why they should use RTF instead of word we 
> > should really tell them that they  need some basic education without 
> > being shy about it.
> > I did not know of RTF for a very long time until a free software 
> > advocate told me about it.
> >    
>
> I thought RTF was a proprietary format.  
Thanks for the info ...a quick google search brings about a lot of 
negative things about RTF too.
But I guess it is still a 'shared non-proprietary format' ....with plus 
points of being comparatively small filesize  and universally supported.

Maybe someone else who knows more on this issue should comment

I will update the list if there is anything worthwhile comes my way on 
this matter.

> Admittedly it's one which MS
> make available, but it's also under their control to change the spec.
> any time they want (and they do, there are some constructs they have
> used which weren't in the spec. available at the time).
>  
Hmm, the same should be said of widely used fonts and other specs. that 
come out of M$'s vast IT resources.
You are correct though,  in pointing out thier untrustworthiness as a 
major factor to consider.

Regards,

Ramanan