RTF is not the solution. RTF is a subset of the DOC "standart" and was also developed by M$.
RTF is not open nor totally supported in any word processor (maybe word itself is a exception). Try saving a complex RTF file in StarOffice, Word or Abiword and you have a good chance that as soon as this file is open in another program, there will be diferences and incompatibilities.
I have worked as SysAdmin in a newspaper that used RTF for text. Many times we have strange problems importing those files (that were made in different programs) into programs such as PageMaker, Quark Xpress and Illustrator. Usually we have to opne the damn RTF in the program that generate him and do a copy-paste as plain text...
I once had just started in this new company, and the mail server has an open relay. If the nice folks at ORBS didn't drop me a line, it probably would have remain open for a long time (more importnt things to check). And as soon as I corrected the problem (with a nice sendmail upgrade) they removed me from the list.
I must say I really like their way of work.
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RTF is not the solution. RTF is a subset of the DOC "standart" and was also developed by M$.
RTF is not open nor totally supported in any word processor (maybe word itself is a exception). Try saving a complex RTF file in StarOffice, Word or Abiword and you have a good chance that as soon as this file is open in another program, there will be diferences and incompatibilities.
I have worked as SysAdmin in a newspaper that used RTF for text. Many times we have strange problems importing those files (that were made in different programs) into programs such as PageMaker, Quark Xpress and Illustrator. Usually we have to opne the damn RTF in the program that generate him and do a copy-paste as plain text...
...of hacking it would be using one of these (www.realdoll.com) . Commands such as 'grep' and 'touch' would have a totally new meaning.
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I once had just started in this new company, and the mail server has an open relay. If the nice folks at ORBS didn't drop me a line, it probably would have remain open for a long time (more importnt things to check). And as soon as I corrected the problem (with a nice sendmail upgrade) they removed me from the list.
I must say I really like their way of work.
Terrorists all over the world are now rejoicing, since their primary objective was achieved: put and end to the civil liberties of the free world.
sad...
fppppp
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Now that's old news for about a week.
Sigh.