.. from comp.lang.forth
> Word is worse than a hog. It's a blabbermouth. I was once sent a business
> proposal in Word format. I don't have Word, and Microsoft's free reader
> was two versions old and never updated. To read the letter, I used a hex
> editor, finding many interesting tidbits, including the printer on his
> system, scraps of other documents to other people that indicated shady if
> not criminal dealings, and the directory -- "Used Cars" -- that the letter
> to me was composed in. I declined his offer to cooperate.
>
> Much of Word's bloat is "empty", but that means whatever was in RAM at
> Store time.
>
> Jerry