Hi Frank!
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:47:19PM +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
If it's that easy, why don't you just tell them about M$'s practices (attempts to lock them in, i.e. make them dependent, using interfaces, file formats, net protocols, patents, etc.), and windoze will be gone in no time ... :-(
I do! And I'm doing quite well at the moment in raising people's concerns about sending around winword or powerpoint files (I'm still new to my current work place). Most have stopped to send these formats and started to think about alternatives. The same is true for some special software used here. Making it known, does help a lot. It seems to me, that most people were just simply unaware of this and if you mention it to them, they are very interested in getting this sorted. And it appears to me, that they are also very willing to try new ideas out. Of course not on an over night base, but ask me again in one year and I'm sure to be able to report more success(es).
Bye, Marc _______________________________________________________________________________
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