From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 16 15:49:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02051 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:49:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from random.static.greatland.net (random.static.greatland.net [209.112.190.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02046 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:49:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from random@random.static.greatland.net) Received: from localhost (random@localhost) by random.static.greatland.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01482; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:49:49 -0900 (AKST) (envelope-from random@random.static.greatland.net) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:49:48 -0900 (AKST) From: Random Liegh To: Haavard Vaagstoel cc: ML Duke , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Haavard Vaagstoel wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Random Liegh wrote: > > > I completely agree; my point is only that w/ the variance in word > > versions, and the frequency that it changes, you'll end up sooner or later > > with a document that a converter hasn't been written for. Then the vi tips > > will probably put you in good stead. :) > > I believe I have seen on MS' web pages that they plan that future versions > of Office will use HTML as the main file format, but surely this must be > wrong? Because if it was true, MS may be digging their own grave... :) > > -- > Haavard Vaagstoel > > LOL, we should have such good luck! As likely as not, they'd make up for the loss in other ways....maybe by having "more advanced features" incorportating (their proprietary version of) java? Still....it *IS* a nice dream, them digging their own grave, I mean. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message