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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!199.94.215.18!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!news.cse.psu.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!Lehigh.EDU!jpr5 From: jpr5@jpr5.res.lehigh.edu (Jordan Ritter) 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: 10 Feb 1997 16:04:36 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <slrn5fuhrq.2d2.jpr5@res0752531033.res.Lehigh.EDU> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <E50rGo.K3n@nonexistent.com> <nLVF2tL@quack.kfu.com> <5daq9b$tck@usenet1y.prodigy.net> <32F90AEB.41C6@osf.org> <5dbapu$t1f$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <32fae2bd.3702093@153.73.1.19> NNTP-Posting-Host: res0752531033.res.lehigh.edu X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.1.1 BETA UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:158173 comp.os.linux.networking:68345 comp.os.linux.setup:97128 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5990 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2486 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52796 comp.os.os2.advocacy:267456 In article <32fae2bd.3702093@153.73.1.19>, Gary Thom wrote: >Unless *nix has an application that is as easy for the general public >to use as Word, then there is very little chance of *nix becoming a >viable office word-processing operating system. "Documentor's WorkBench" vs. "Programmer's WorkBench", anyone? -- Jordan Ritter EECS Department, Packard Bldg. Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA -------------------------------------------------- Customer: "I'm running Windows '95." Tech Support: "Yes." Customer: "My computer isn't working now." Tech Support: "Yes, you said that." --------------------------------------------------