IE in FreeBSD?

[Gerard Seibert]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:44:22 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD?
Wrote these words of wisdom:


> >On Tuesday 20 September 2005 14:52, Ashley Moran wrote:
> >> RW wrote:
> >>>  For example, if you are applying
> >> > for a job, you have to check that your cv/resume views
> >correctly on a
> >> > real microsoft word.
> >>
> >> Why not submit your CV as a PDF?
> >
> >Because it's common for companies and recruitment agencies to
> >specify MS Word
> >documents only. It's a de facto standard.
> >
> 
> You know it amazes me that ANY recruiting agency would defend
> Microsoft after this hit the press:
> 
> "http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002468560_msft
> google03.html"
> 
> "I know Bob, let's standardize on a document format for our company that
> is set  by a company that is actively working to put us out of business!"  "Great
> idea, Sam!"
> 
> But who ever said recruiters were particularly intelligent.
> 
> Ted
> 


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On 9/21/2005 1:39:20 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:

Lets be fair here. A multitude of companies are out sourceing. IBM, Dell,
etc. are all out sourceing. I have spend days tying to get a
tech-support individual that can speak fluent English.

If the criteria for using a product is whether its producer is entirely
based in and uses only American products and labor, then the pool of
available products is going to be extremely small.


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Gerard Seibert
<gerard at seibercom.net>