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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 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!cloudbreak.rs.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!207.22.164.227!mamia!max From: max@mamia.opsys.com (Max) Subject: Re: A suggestion to Linux/Bsd Developers Message-ID: <E5Bowv.EJM@mamia.opsys.com> Organization: Tecumseh Educational Foundation Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 06:34:06 GMT References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dh0o6$ji9$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <32FCE83E.3CB5A317@getthe.net> <5ditj0$gkl$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> Lines: 24 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156994 comp.os.linux.networking:67702 comp.os.linux.setup:96131 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5941 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2392 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52238 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266507 vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) writes: >Schick (schick@getthe.net) wrote: >: 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) >: MS Word is not cheap. >ok, maybe just a "real word processor" Try Wordperfect. Or any SCO UNIX word processor or Desktop Publishing suite, running on Linux/iBCS2. There even used to be a MS Word SCO Unix version; we evaluated it and chose WP instead. Caldera offers Wordperfect ported to native Linux. And there are other things in the realm of editors, like Crisp.... We are running character versions of Lotus 123 and Wordperfect on terminals off Linux boxen... users find it handy and cheap.