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From: largo@primenet.com (Stephen S. Edwards II)
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: Betting on Unix
Date: 14 Feb 1997 07:09:01 -0700
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In article <5dbg4d$25i$1@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au>,
lamble@silas.cc.monash.edu.au says...
>Or, if you want something that runs under X, and gives you a pretty display,
>try LyX. Still beta software, but very, very usable.
>
>There's also StarOffice, available from sunsite (also beta.)
Don't forget, however, the one deteriming factor in what WP a person will most
likely choose... ease of use.
These packages, as far a freeware goes, are pretty decent, but for someone like
myself, it's much faster to use a WYSIWYG based WP like MS Word, or
WordPerfect than to try to implant a series of formatting codes, compile the
ASCII file to DVI, and then convert that DVI document into PS.
LyX is _almost_ WYSIWYG, but not enough to suit an office environment.
I think a text processor is quite the handy little tool for LARGE texts, but
for general office use, it is not quite as feasible, IMHO.
--
Stephen Stone Edwards II | largo@primenet.com
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