Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?
To   : comp.programming
From : Richard Heathfield
Date : Fri Aug 19 2005 09:39 am

Randy Howard wrote:

> Richard Heathfield wrote:
> 
>> I can, if I absolutely have to, create a Word document. I can, if I
>> absolutely have to, "step up" (or down, in this case). But I choose not
>> to, because it's such an unpleasant process.
> 
> Simple OpenOffice solution:
> File>Save As>Select Word as format type>enter filename
> 
> Ouch, that was painful.  :-)

bash: OpenOffice: command not found

>> If this means I'm going to miss
>> out on a particular job, so be it.
> 
> You seem to enjoy constructing artificial barriers to easy
> things, yet blast through really hard stuff without much
> concern.  :-)

I guess I'm just not one of life's compromisers. Note, however, that I am 
not whingeing about how hard it is to find work. :-)

BTW I was talking to a soil expert last night at a meeting in London 
regarding so-called Third World development, and it became evident that we 
would need to communicate further in the near future. She specifically 
asked me (without any prompting!) not to send her any Word docs, since she 
was a Linux user and thus, whilst reading Word docs was usually (but not 
always) /possible/, it was a bit of a nuisance.

I was delighted to assure her that this would not be a problem.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
mail: rjh at above domain

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