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From: sitaram@diac.com (Sitaram Chamarty)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SALE!!SALE!!!
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 06:31:04 GMT
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etorwi@eto.ericsson.se (Wiker, Raymond) wrote:
> Interesting... are you implying that Microsoft Word (to take
>one example) is an acceptable word processor? (Easy shot, I know...)
I'll start by saying that I cant stand most MS products (if you can call them
that, sometimes). In an office where *every* one else uses W95, I'm the only
one who avoids it as much as possible (OK I have 2 PCs - the laptop has all
the W95 gunk).
That said, I'll say that MS Word is an excellent word processor for a power
user. In other words, it's the kitchen sink for word processing, just as
FreeBSD (or Unix in general) is the kitchen sink for programmer productivity.
I'm not sure if I phrased that right, but someone will understand :-)
And no, I havent used any word processors on any Unix that I use - maybe I'll
give them a shot as time permits. But I suspect the better ones are not free
(like Wordperfect), and I wont be allowed to buy it ("Hey - you want 2 PCs
because you wont do what we all do, and then you want to BUY software for
it!").
Constructive flames (like pointers to good, WYSIWIG wps that are also free,
and yes - I'm going to try LyX tomorrow) welcome.
Sitaram