A word regarding Word

[rolanni]

I would just like to say to the person in ITS who informed me that Microsoft Word is the Very Best Program for secretaries to lay posters out with, and, no, the college was not going to allow me to purchase a "lay Out pro GRAM" (pronunciation and emphasis original to the conversation) so I could do my job in a reasonable manner?

I'd just like to say to this person -- Word. Sucks. Very. Large. Rocks. And I hope your stock in MicroSmurf plummets.

Thank you.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Probably the college has an educational deal with Microsoft.

Which, if you drive a Mac at work, is just so much more suckage, because although the folks at Microsoft who design for Macs are utterly dedicated folk, they are ::ahem:: somewhat isolated from the rest of their firm.

And word processing is not publishing is not layout is not design. Just not.