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Article #683Re: Anyone have any info about WORD's recent SGML release?
From: Peter Flynn
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 08:52
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 08:52
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In article <CxHJAu.Eq3@mv.mv.com> kaikow@standards.com writes: Well, life happens to be difficult. I am forced to use Word to deal with many people that I have to send documents to or to share editing tasks with. Word is not the right tool to use, but it has become a de facto standard in many areas. Sure, I wasn't attaching any blame to you, just continuing bafflement at how these decisions get made in the light of all the evidence :-) Personally, I would much rather do everything in SGML, perhaps the environment I am in will be there some day, not yet tho. I dunno, there are a lot of jobs more suited to Word in an office environment right now, while SGML software remains relatively underused. ///Peter -- Peter Flynn | pflynn@curia.ucc.ie | ...persuade users that spreading Computer Centre | +353 21 276871 x2609 | fonts across the page like peanut University College | +353 21 277194 (fax) | butter across hot toast is not the Cork, Ireland | Opinions are my own. | route to typographic excellence...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa82c,ce886bbd12c3c07b X-Google-Attributes: gidfa82c,public X-Google-Thread: 106cba,40c29f31448e3428 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cba,public X-Google-Thread: 104bd6,40c29f31448e3428 X-Google-Attributes: gid104bd6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-11 02:19:55 PST Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml,comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc,bit.mailserv.word-pc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!ieunet!curia!curia.ucc.ie!pflynn From: pflynn@curia.ucc.ie (Peter Flynn) Subject: Re: Anyone have any info about WORD's recent SGML release? In-Reply-To: kaikow@standards.com's message of Tue, 11 Oct 1994 01:40:06 GMT Message-ID: <PFLYNN.94Oct11095203@curia.ucc.ie> Sender: usenet@curia.ucc.ie Organization: University College Cork References: <CxGqyy.Kvq@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> <CxGwEv.97B@mv.mv.com> <PFLYNN.94Oct11001511@curia.ucc.ie> <CxHJAu.Eq3@mv.mv.com> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 08:52:02 GMT Lines: 23