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Subject:RE: Maximum File Size For Word Documents From:Watson Laughton <WLaughton -at- orphan -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:16:46 -0600
>>Well, we're gonna disagree on this one, 'cause I still believe that
>>if Word caused more problems than it solved, people wouldn't use it.
I don't think it's a question of whether or not it "caused more problems
than it solved". Most people would be faced with a very big problem indeed,
if they didn't have word-processing capability of some sort.
The key question is "does it cause more problems than the alternative(s),
and if so, why do people continue to use it?". And I think the answer is
that they use it because they are told to. In my experience, very little
(if any) critical, comparative evaluation goes into most workers' choice of
a word processing program. The decision is made for them, and whether or
not the chosen program is the best one for their needs seems to rank fairly
low as a selection criterion.
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