ms word vs html ?

[augie]

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i am trying to convice one of my profesors that we should not use both
ms word and html to document a project, and in fact we should not use
ms word at all.

below is what i sent to my prof. the response was agreeable but
somewhat hesitant. so i'd like to collect some more evidence in my
favor.

so i am looking for evidence, examples, proof, of why an open standard
like HTML is better than a proprietary one like ms word. and more
specifically why html is a better fit than ms word.

 -augie

>it seems like an unnecessary duplication of effort to document
>something in both word, and html. chapter committees will have to
>produce their work in both formats instead of just one, and the two
>seperate editors will have to coordinate their work so that they are
>in sync with eachother.
>
>all this seems unnecessary since an html format can do everything
>(and
>more) that the word format can do. an html document can be printed
>from a browser just like a word document is from word.
>
>plus an html document is more advantageous than a word document
>because it is accessible to everyone from anywhere on the network. a
>word document is not.
>
>furthermore, and this is where i go off on my opensource tangent,
>because HTML is an open standard its contents will always be able to
>be viewed and changed at any time in the future. the same cannot be
>said for MS word format. the word format changes with each new
>release
>of word, so that in the future your new version of word may not be
>able to understand your old document, and you could possibly lose all
>your data entirely.


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