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They don't "insist" (Score:2)

by petdance (2468)

They're not insisting on using Word. It's what they're familiar with, and it's what they like. Some people use Word the way I use vi. They don't see any reason NOT to do so.
And really, why should they? So it's 20K instead of 300 bytes. Why is that a problem?
Now, the example of sending an Excel file when the real answer is "23,000" is a problem, because it makes it tougher for the reader. Or in the original case of sending unformatted text in a vessel that is made for formatting text, you also have

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- Re:They don't "insist" (Score:2)
  
  by pudge (1) on 2002.10.15 21:37 (#13940) Homepage Journal
  
  But really, how much of the concern is the extra work being done, and how much is just disdain for the tools they use?
  
  I don't see a difference; the tools being used are what cause the extra work. If Word didn't cause a lot of extra work, there'd be no issue.
  
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