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From: max@mamia.opsys.com (Max)
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Message-ID: <E57Dx6.9tt@mamia.opsys.com>
Organization: Tecumseh Educational Foundation
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 22:46:17 GMT
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davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>| Unix doesn't have applications??? What are you talking about?
>| Do you mean Linux doesn't have any applications?
>People who think {vi,emacs}+{groff,TeX} are a word processor should
>not quit their day job to sell UNIX word processing to the masses.
>The same is true for sc as a modern spreadsheet.
Gee, we've been running Wordperfect and Lotus since SCO, and now Caldera's
offered commercial apps ported to native Linux and X. WABI too.
Available today.
Oh, I forgot. You can't get cheaper than the DOS/Windows versions that
are passed around from user to user bootleg style. I'm sure everyone
knows what I mean. *Every* DOS/Windows user I know does this, from
individuals to small businesses. Big businesses may be afraid of SPA and
FBI and thus this may not apply.
I prefer to stay in an honest environment. Linux!!
Max Southall