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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 17:46:46 Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> I realize I'm arguing a moot point, but using something like |
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> .docx for shared documents that need to be maintained by |
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> multiple people for a long time (more than a month or two) is a |
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> dead awful choice. |
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> A plain ascii text file is probably the best choice for |
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> portability and longevity. However, that suggestion's probably |
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> not going to fly because it severly limits the amount of time |
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> you can waste picking out eye-shatteringly ugly font |
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> combinations and f*&king up margins, gutters, leading, and all |
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> the other things people like to mess up rather than doing real |
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> work. |
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The management and I have an agreement: |
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They do not get to tell me who gets access to the company's core |
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infrastructure. |
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I do not get to set company policy. |
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The latter applies here. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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