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Suppose that you were typing a document in Microsoft Word 4.0. Upon a  final
revision, you decide that some of the information contained in it should
not be released; or maybe some of the wording of the document is not very diplo-matic.

So you decide to delete those parts that should not be read by the recipient of
the document. Or maybe you substitute it for other paragraphs with a better
wording.

And finally you send the document. Suppose you send it using electronic mail.
If the person in question has Microsoft Word 4.0, no problem; your document
will look as neat and polished as it did the last time you saved it.

But if the person has (arg!) version 3.0x, prepare yourself for a rude awake-
ning.

Because our good-old MS Word will have stored in the file _ALL_ the text that
has been typed in that document, regardless if it was deleted, edited, polished,armor-alled...

So, when the guy tries to open the 4.0 document using 3.0x, the file will be
read as text... and everything will be there for him to see!!!

Now, isn't this an efficient way to store information?


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