• # J'ai postulé

    Posté par . En réponse au journal The FSFE is looking for an office assistant. Évalué à 10.

    Je ne comprends pas : "Office" assistant, qu'ils disaient, j'ai donc envoyé mon CV au format Word, depuis Outlook.

    J'ai reçu une réponse bizarre :

    You sent the attachment in Microsoft Word format, a secret proprietary format, so I cannot read it. If you send me the plain text, HTML, or PDF, then I could read it.

    Sending people documents in Word format has bad effects, because that practice puts pressure on them to use Microsoft software. In effect, you become a buttress of the Microsoft monopoly. This specific problem is a major obstacle to the broader adoption of GNU/Linux. Would you please reconsider the use of Word format for communication with other people?