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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:13:12 -0700
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Bryan Seigneur wrote:
] I've been reading this nauseating thread for a while and it
] seems like many people who are bitching about apps, et al,
] haven't done an exorbitant amount of research before speaking.
] Don't we have common dtp formats? Yes. What's PostScript?
] What's LaTex? Lyx is a sortof WYSIWYG editor that puts out LaTex.
Let's first say that I don't think apps sell computers. I *do*
think apps sell desktops, but only to an extent. They are far
from the sole reason someone buys something. I have lost more
than one consulting job by suggesting the use of 3x5 cards and
a little plastic box. 8-).
That said,
] Someone was even saying, 'We need to have something that will
] read and write MS Word 6 and 7 files'. Sheesh. WordPerfect
] can't even do that!
Obviously, you own no Novell stock... WordPerfect is in the
toilet (and dragging an otherwise good company down with it)
precisely because of things like this.
If you associate the suffix ".DOC" with WordPerfect in the
registry, you are pretty much screwed. 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.