Re: Affecting Institutional Change (Yeah Right)
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 05/11/07 10:33, Amy Templeton wrote:
> [ka-SNIP!]
> > On a positive note, I recently did actually get through to
> > someone (next year she plans not to use any .docs on her little
> > area on the school website)!
> Great. What techniques did you use to convince her?
Basically the same as always--politely requesting she send me a
usable copy of the document in question and explaining what that
means (I don't think I actually used the word "usable"), then
mentioning that there are reasons not to use .docs at all (not
working on other systems, forcing people into an upgrade cycle and
thus helping a particularly monolithic and vicious corporation, not
even showing up the same on other systems running the same,
accessibility stuff, and virii and version control/privacy stuff,
then giving a couple of links in case she wanted something more
than my word). But then again, this particular person is I think
more open to new ideas than most just in general. But yeah, a
success nonetheless!
Amy
--
They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the
scraps.
-- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
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