> silicon highway whined -------------
>
> While it is good to see that you are taking steps to adopt free
> software. Consider these scenarios.
> 1) You type your project report, resume etc.. on any GNU/Linux
> wordprocessor and save in the .kword, abiword etc... format.
> You can only print it on a computer having GNU/Linux machine. you
> cannot print it on a windows machine.
Why not use Open-Office for now until everyone decides that source
language for Formatted Text and Presentation documents is XML.
Or use any standard Wordprocessor and save as RTF(Rich Text Format).
> 2) How many places you know have a GNU/Linux machine for printing
> GNU/Linux documents?
Abiword is cross-platform and most of the Cyber Cafes have only Abiword,
Star-Office or Open-Office. I had a real hard time getting to print an
MS Word 2000 format .doc resume I got from a friend.
> 3) How many companies accept resumes in GNU/Linux format?
Convert to RTF or HTML, Plaintext, PDF ( Its lighter than .doc), Not
many would refuse. Infact many of them explicitly forbid .doc (virus
threat)
> 4) Although you might convert the documents created in GNU/Linux to
> Word .doc format for printing. Is it really worth installing GNU/Linux
> office packages to do just that?
You might really need to convert from .doc to .abw if you are to print
anywhere anytime in ubiquitous Cyber-Cafes.
> What is the alternatives?
> I would recommend PDF or PostScript as it is a format made to be OS
> independent and used widely for commercial printing.
>
> The reality of the situation is that many companies are unwilling to
> give up M$ word. I have seen several MNC asking that resumes be
> submitted only in MS word or ASCII text formats.
So use ASCII text.(They are not so dumb as to open these in notepad)
> just my 2 cents. :-)
Just my Rs. 2 .
Tarun Dua
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