The bloody OOXML specification is over 7000 pages long or something. No wonder it’s already spawning it’s own cottage industries. And this a** thinks that $5 a pop is going to be worthwhile to anyone? Sad thing is that he’ll probably make quite good income off of it from people who don’t know any better.
I think I’ve trained most of my workmates and clients to send me something I can read: plain text or PDF if there’s a really good reason for having some kind of formatting. But most people don’t have the luxury of being a bastard like this, and will have to keep buying upgrades as they get sent more and more of these abominations and are expected to be able to read/modify/print them.
Rant follows....
The bloody OOXML specification is over 7000 pages long or something. No wonder it’s already spawning it’s own cottage industries. And this a** thinks that $5 a pop is going to be worthwhile to anyone? Sad thing is that he’ll probably make quite good income off of it from people who don’t know any better.
I think I’ve trained most of my workmates and clients to send me something I can read: plain text or PDF if there’s a really good reason for having some kind of formatting. But most people don’t have the luxury of being a bastard like this, and will have to keep buying upgrades as they get sent more and more of these abominations and are expected to be able to read/modify/print them.