Fwd: [FSF] Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for freedom and the good of the web!

[david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org (David Kramer)]

Ian Stokes-Rees wrote:
>>> Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for freedom and the good of the
>>> web!
>>>
>>> http://www.fsf.org/news/why-im-rejecting-your-email-attachment
>>>
>>> BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, March 31, 2010 -- The Free
>>> Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a campaign calling on all
>>> computer users to start politely rejecting email attachments sent in
>>> secret and proprietary formats: for freedom and the good of the web!
>>>     
>> Yeah, I'll get right on that.  THAT will help my job search!  No more
>> sending or getting Word documents.
> If the document doesn't need to be edited, then PDF is surely a
> preferable way to send these sorts of things -- you are sure it looks
> the way it is supposed to, on any system, and you avoid someone opening
> the document, turning on comments, or starting an "undo" chain to see
> what you *originally* wrote.

... says the geek.  The recruiter says send a Word document.  Who should
I listen to?  The best technical solution is not always the best
real-world solution.