Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract? To : comp.programming From : Chris Sonnack Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 12:17 pm blmblm@myrealbox.com writes: >> [shrug] Might work (and I may even be off base about the willingness >> to accept *tendered* HTML). I will say that *I* would never trust my >> resume to someone's personal HTML renderer, line wrapping, settings, >> etc. >> >> If I send a printed resume, Word doc or PDF, I **know** how it's going >> to look, and that's very important to me in this case. > > You do? I was under the impression that the exact appearance of a > Word document can depend on the printer driver (or something) in use > on the machine where it's displayed. IME, if the printer is bitmapped at all, you get pretty good results. If you send a nicely formatted Word or PDF doc to a text line printer, then not so much. > The variation's probably less than with HTML, but is it really zero? No, but hugely different. HTML is a total crapshoot in that regard. PDF and Word at least give you fighting chance of accurate repro (and given any "modern" printer, your chances are quite good, I think). > (This is a good argument for sending paper rather than bits, IMO. > I think someone in this thread suggested just that .... ) Yep. Me! -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| .