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--- bzeller -at- uswest -dot- com wrote:
> I'm not quite sure how to interpret responses from
> this question as it is worded. What is the poll
> supposed to tell us? For example, I am forced to
> use Word to create all documentation. It was a
> corporate decision. This would not be my decision. I
> suspect the case is the same for many respondents.
> In this sense, we are not seeing what
> the best choice for this type of document creation
> would be but only what people are using. And is
> this the reason for the poll question - for product
> marketing?
> Barb Zeller
Barb, I'm gonna guess that the Rays are not doing any
product marketing survey. I, too, use MS Word, though
I would not if it was not mandated by my organization.
I think it will be interesting to see what people are
using, especially as contrasted with what we might
choose to use if we had the choice.
