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Subject:Re: Rant: Giving up on XML From:Siliconwriter <siliconwriter -at- comcast -dot- net> To:TECHWR-L List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:56:14 -0700
On Mar 13, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Janice Gelb wrote:
> I can't imagine trying to do this with open source
> products as a single person.
Hey, it's daunting even for a married person!
(Okay, I'll stop. Sorry.)
>
> Unless you have a compelling reason to switch
> (e.g., translation costs, a large doc set that
> you want to display in a variety of formats,
> etc.), I wouldn't recommend it.
This pretty much describes my situation. The thought of doing all of
this in Word is not making my life easier, either. :)
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