Can you say "Office-X"? (was: PC or Mac?)

["Jonathan Stoppi" <stops -at- qualum -dot- com>]

Arlen says

>>I can't send Jonathan an Office 10 message about OS X simply because one
of
the joys of Mac-ing is doing without the problems caused by MS software<<

I agree with you in sentiment, Arlen, but in practice, particularly as a
technical writer who has to deal with clients who send you Word and Excel
docs all the time and expect you to do the same, that's a bit like talking -
in 20-30 years from now -  about the joys of living without rainforests.

With Sun's recent announcement that they're not developing a Mac version of
Star Office after all (Well done, Sun!  That'll show Microsoft...) Apple is
even more a hostage to Microsoft's whims than before.

>>I'm not in it all the time, simply because I can't burn CD's on the
version I have. I'm waiting for the next
version before upgrading to it. <<

Need I say more?  For you it's about burning CDs.  For me it's about an X
version of FrameMaker, to Joe Bloggs it's about Illustrator, or Filemaker
Pro... to each his own.

- Jonathan Stoppi
  Telling Tall Tales
  stops -at- qualum -dot- com


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