Subject: Re: [open-source] Sun to start charging for Star Office
To: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netbsd.org>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/21/2002 18:17:46
> >
> > None of those are useful for dealing with MS Word, Excel, etc. documents.

yes.

> antiword(1) is my favorite for that purpose.  Others even go as far as
> strings(1).

strings are very useful for me.


but most useful is to explain sender (politely) that he should send
interchangable data, and explain it is easily possible even with his
software (windoze)