www/philosophy no-word-attachments.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       08/07/07 00:01:26

Modified files:
        philosophy     : no-word-attachments.html 

Log message:
        mention powerpoint et al., ok per rms

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.54&r2=1.55

Patches:
Index: no-word-attachments.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -b -r1.54 -r1.55
--- no-word-attachments.html    5 Jul 2008 03:07:56 -0000       1.54
+++ no-word-attachments.html    7 Jul 2008 00:01:09 -0000       1.55
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@
 resume will probably read this page.</p>
 
 <p>
+This page talks about Word attachments, since they are by far the most
+common case.  However, the same issues apply with other proprietary
+formats, such as PowerPoint and Excel.  Please feel free to adapt the
+replies to cover those as well, if you wish.
+
+<p>
 With our numbers, simply by asking, we can make a difference.</p>
 
 <hr />
@@ -214,9 +220,9 @@
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-John D. Ramsdell suggests people to discourage the use of Microsoft
-Word and PowerPoint attachments by making a small statement in their
-<kbd>.signature</kbd> file:</p>
+John D. Ramsdell suggests people to discourage the use of proprietary
+attachments by making a small statement in their <kbd>.signature</kbd>
+file:</p>
 
 <hr />
 
@@ -282,7 +288,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/07/05 03:07:56 $
+$Date: 2008/07/07 00:01:09 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>