On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:16:43 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 17/11/2013 2:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> AHHHH, OK, now I'm with you.
>>
>> The obvious next move is Euston Road, so I think I'll pass on that and
>> go to Goodge Street.
> 
> Well that forces me to "Street of Alchemists".

And that forces me to Kew.

Oh, wait, it's John's turn - sorry, John.

Jim

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Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I beg to differ. Firstly, what makes you think that the minority will
> switch to the system you have dictated? The most likely scenario is that
> they will leave you and find somebody more flexible.
> Then, what? Are you going to tell them that they must submit images only
> in .png? You'll lose a few more.
> Keep on going like that and you'll soon have no customers left.

Especially since "we don't accept PDF's because our staff doesn't know
how to handle them" is a stupid reason and makes the company look bad.
They are supposed to be professionals. They should start acting like ones.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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>> It makes complete sense if the majority of your customers are sending
>> you MS Office files, and only a minority want to send you pdf. You'd be
>> crazy in that situation to only deal with pdf files.
>
> I beg to differ. Firstly, what makes you think that the minority will
> switch to the system you have dictated?

I don't think that, I don't think you understood what I meant. If you 
accept *only* .doc files, you're going to lose customers who can't/won't 
create them. If you accept *only* PDF files, you're going to lose 
customers who can't/won't create them. My point is, if you have to 
choose one, accepting the .doc files is likely to get you way more 
customers. And my second point is that accepting both may not be 
financially viable (ie the cost of licenses/training against the 
increase in customers compared to only accepting one format).

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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > I beg to differ. Firstly, what makes you think that the minority will
> > switch to the system you have dictated? The most likely scenario is that
> > they will leave you and find somebody more flexible.
> > Then, what? Are you going to tell them that they must submit images only
> > in .png? You'll lose a few more.
> > Keep on going like that and you'll soon have no customers left.
>
> Especially since "we don't accept PDF's because our staff doesn't know
> how to handle them" is a stupid reason and makes the company look bad.
> They are supposed to be professionals. They should start acting like ones.
>
> --
>                                                           - Warp

I think a point is missed here. M$ Office is the de facto standard. Anyone who
goes away from that is bucking the trend. There is no need to train people on M$



This is just data that I have picked up over the years. On average I work at two
large (multinational) companies a year. The sort of companies that tell their
vendors which standard of documents are acceptable to them.

Stephen

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

> Trying to, but the multiple subthreads makes it a little more
> challenging. ;)
>

Adds to the fun. :-)

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:16:43 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
> > On 17/11/2013 2:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> >> AHHHH, OK, now I'm with you.
> >>
> >> The obvious next move is Euston Road, so I think I'll pass on that and
> >> go to Goodge Street.
> >
> > Well that forces me to "Street of Alchemists".
>
> And that forces me to Kew.
>
> Oh, wait, it's John's turn - sorry, John.
>

I think "Street of Alchemists" has thrown him or he might have nipped out to the
Dungeon Dimensions for a pint of something.

Stephen

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On 19/11/13 07:51, Stephen wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:16:43 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 17/11/2013 2:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> AHHHH, OK, now I'm with you.
>>>>
>>>> The obvious next move is Euston Road, so I think I'll pass on that and
>>>> go to Goodge Street.
>>>
>>> Well that forces me to "Street of Alchemists".
>>
>> And that forces me to Kew.
>>
>> Oh, wait, it's John's turn - sorry, John.
>>
> 
> I think "Street of Alchemists" has thrown him or he might have nipped out to the
> Dungeon Dimensions for a pint of something.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 

<walks in through door>

Street of Cunning Artificers ... and that stuffs you for your next move,
Stephen

John <G>
-- 
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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On 19/11/13 07:48, Stephen wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>> Trying to, but the multiple subthreads makes it a little more
>> challenging. ;)
>>
> 
> Adds to the fun. :-)
> 

Fun? FUN? This is serious.

Opens a second layer: Vittorio Emanuele

Giovanni (that's a clue)
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 19/11/13 07:48, Stephen wrote:
> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> >
> >> Trying to, but the multiple subthreads makes it a little more
> >> challenging. ;)
> >>
> >
> > Adds to the fun. :-)
> >
>
> Fun? FUN? This is serious.
>
> Opens a second layer: Vittorio Emanuele
>
> Giovanni (that's a clue)


From Vittorio Emanuele re d'italia one naturally thinks of the master who wrote
Giovanna d'Arco. Who when on his deathbed, the residents of Milan covered the
streets outside his house with straw. Which links to Jack Straw's Castle. So
Hampstead Heath

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Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>
> <walks in through door>
>
> Street of Cunning Artificers ... and that stuffs you for your next move,
> Stephen
>

It would have if I hadn't slipped back to Round World.
So we are cruising "The Heath"

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