Ok why is it that people seem to assume that everyone else in the world owns the latest version of microsoft office? For that matter why do they assume we have the capability to read word files at all? Is it that hard to send a .rtf, file? Or for that matter just send me an html file of the document. I don’t own (and really don’t want to) Microsoft office. I have like a 15 year old version and I have open office which can read many office documents but not all of them. Just send it in a neutral format please for the love of Pete. Maybe thats asking too much i dunno. I mean I guess I could just go uh…. “acquire” a copy of office “somewhere” if you know what I mean. But seriously people just quit it with the damn word attachments. It’s not very courteous to assume I can read them. I mean what if I didnt even use a system that word is available for? Of if my copy is too old and doesn’t support the latest .doc format. Then what? If it’s mission critical then I’m pretty well screwed huh? Maybe it’s just me that gets irritated by this stuff.
Edit: One of my friends sent me a link to THIS apparently I’m not alone in my feelings afterall.
