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Re: [Bug-gnupedia]Submissions in Word Format


From: Imran Ghory
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia]Submissions in Word Format
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:39:30 -0000

On 26 Jan 2001, at 16:27, Mike Warren wrote:

> "Dan Geiser" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Since text files are a well-known format for documents can't we just
> > start with that?  For you pro-Word people isn't it enough to say
> > that we will make note of your suggestion and consider them for the
> > next versions of GNE?
> 
> My objects to accepting Word are not technical (programs exist to
> convert them, apparently) but philosophical.
> 

If we don't allow people to use Word files, why should we allow 
people using IE from submiting articles, or those using Windows ?

GNU is about giving people freedom, not restricting it.

Imran



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