I very much like the sentiment behind it--and my work life would be much easier indeed if I could use a net based program for writing & saving documents.
But I don't think Word will die until the technology in non-technology related businesses catches up with that in the computer world. I have no guarantee when I go to work in the morning that the internet will be up (Of course, if it isn't, that is another trick to print something out). And perhaps I am in the minority in terms of jobs, but virtually everything I write in word I do write to be printed. The stuff that I create is used on a daily basis, and might be edited year after year, but needs to be formatted in such a way I know how it will appear on a written page.
I long for the day when my work does not involve long hours spent next to a copy machine, and students can email me their written work (making it legible!) rather than handing in a hand-written copy. But until that day arrives, Word, for better or for worse, will very much be a part of my daily existence.
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Date: 2009-08-10 06:15 pm (UTC)But I don't think Word will die until the technology in non-technology related businesses catches up with that in the computer world. I have no guarantee when I go to work in the morning that the internet will be up (Of course, if it isn't, that is another trick to print something out). And perhaps I am in the minority in terms of jobs, but virtually everything I write in word I do write to be printed. The stuff that I create is used on a daily basis, and might be edited year after year, but needs to be formatted in such a way I know how it will appear on a written page.
I long for the day when my work does not involve long hours spent next to a copy machine, and students can email me their written work (making it legible!) rather than handing in a hand-written copy. But until that day arrives, Word, for better or for worse, will very much be a part of my daily existence.