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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gail.ripco.com!fred.net!not-for-mail From: mcurry@fred.net ( ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SALE!!SALE!!! Date: 2 Feb 1997 06:25:21 GMT Organization: FredNet - Frederick, Md. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5d1c0h$evg@news.fred.net> References: <32ED8F7B.4F16@pacific.net.sg> <5ck6l2$9eh@baygull.rtd.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigdog.fred.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34883 Wiker, Raymond (etorwi@eto.ericsson.se) wrote: : : Interesting... are you implying that Microsoft Word (to take : one example) is an acceptable word processor? (Easy shot, I know...) Well, yes, it is. Works fine, lasts a long time. A word processor is a word processor is a word processor (W. Shakespeare). WordPerfect is also a good word processor. I don't use FreeBSD because it's a good word-processor. wp is an application software. application software is a matter of taste, and should be, theoretically anyway, independent of OS.