29 October 2013

Charlie’s Diary: “Why Microsoft Word must Die”

Microsoft Word is a tyrant of the imagination, a petty, unimaginative, inconsistent dictator that is ill-suited to any creative writer's use. Worse: it is a near-monopolist, dominating the word processing field. Its pervasive near-monopoly status has brainwashed software developers to such an extent that few can imagine a word processing tool that exists as anything other than as a shallow imitation of the Redmond Behemoth. But what exactly is wrong with it? Charles Stross

There’s a saying among photographers that goes something like a good photographer can make great images with any camera, while a bad one blames his gear for the results. That’s how Charles Stross sounds like here – you can guess what type of writer he is…

But it gets worse: as he openly admits, Stross doesn’t even use Word himself, he’s just complaining that publishers use this format and so he needs to deliver his drafts as .doc files! This whole article smells like flame-bait, beating around an old and tired theme to get some attention. I guess his latest novel doesn’t sell that well…

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