Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!not-for-mail From: jw@qits.net.au.nospam (John Wiltshire) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: A suggestion to Linux/Bsd Developers Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 10:15:04 GMT Organization: Traffic Systems Development Lines: 35 Message-ID: <32fc51c1.5502622@news.uq.edu.au> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dh0o6$ji9$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.15.56.5 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156802 comp.os.linux.networking:67596 comp.os.linux.setup:95962 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5920 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2360 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52130 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266283 vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) wrote: > > >From the previous thread in this newsgroup it is getting clear that, >unix is lacking a "cheap real word processor". (like MS Word) > > >I know that you guys are busy enhancing kernel and driver code. > > >But i think that, the time spent writing a Motif free word >processor is time really worth spent. > >(please don't give emacs+groff as a solution) > > >Put an end to this bullshit called NT. If you think word processing is all that is keeping NT going then you are a seriously deluded person. After all, word processing on NT has only become viable in the last 6 to 12 months (since Word95). Maybe you should look at the product before inventing ways to destroy it? John Wiltshire ----------------------------------------------------------- John Wiltshire | Email jw@qits.net.au Network Systems Engineer | Ph. W +61 7 38342783 Traffic Systems Development | H +61 7 33698557 ----------------------------------------------------------- These opinions may not be mine and are almost certainly not those of my employer!