Re: English versus German

"António" == António Marques <entonio@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

António> Maybe your .doc files were carrying old data around. Unless
António> you uncheck 'allow fast saves' or whatever, Word doesn't
António> really save a file anew when told to, but merely appends
António> some data to the existing one.

That's a "feature" and a BIG SECURITY FLAW. (Don't ever expect any
security with software from MS. Their s/w designers never have security
in mind. And they don't have good security concepts to come up with
secure designs.)

Why a security problem? Because secrets can be easily leaked in these
files. From time to time, there are reports that companies sending out
quotations in .doc format leak out their secrets because the receivers
have successfully recovered older versions of their files using the "old
data" carried in these .doc files. So, these quotation-receivers can
figure out what old prices the quoting companies could offer before they
finally inflated the numbers. So, they can counter-bid at a reasonable,
un-marked-up price.


António> Saving in a different format, or using 'Save As', does
António> create a file with only the current contents.

Yes. Many people have discovered this trick: (PTD haven't?) Open the
..doc file in Word, then 'Save As' a new file (still in .doc format).
Then, the size suddenly drops by 50% (or even 90%).


António> Unlike Word, Tex will always obey you if you know what you
António> want.

That's so true. I want a tool that I can control, not one that controls
me and dictates how I work.


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