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On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 18:04 -1000, Lucas Gonze wrote: > over the years. There must be something broken in the abstraction. Great idea when presented. Enables Bill to give his dad a great 80th birthday present. > > Maybe the problem is that no one company can supply software for every > different set of 20% users. Maybe the problem is that word processing > is a bad metaphor. May it is that there should be many independent > pieces of software rather than one huge one. I don't know. What I know > is that this way isn't working. It works for Bill? Agree it doesn't work for the user though. (my definition of 'work') > > What matters about document formats is their part in the wave of > developers who will fix the problem, whenever that happens. Could you expand on that please Lucas? I don't see where you're going? To me, if you talk about document formats, I associate that with longevity. (Does the state of Mass? Maybe) -- Regards, Dave Pawson XSLT + Docbook FAQ http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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