Re: [discuss] Re: A text editor

2008-11-08 Thread Douglas St.Clair
On Nov 8, 2008, at 1:16 AM, Robert Derman wrote: I can vouch for the fact that MS Word is not suitable for writing a longish book like the average novel. I started using it to write a short textbook on computers, and it was just plain unstable! I switched to OOo Writer and had much better

[discuss] Re: A text editor

2008-11-07 Thread Twayne
On Nov 6, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Michael Adams wrote: OO.o is a general office productivity suite, ... ... For example MS Office is a good product for an individual it isn't really a team product. MS isn't a strong player for large documents. It isn't a strong player for researchers and

Re: [discuss] Re: A text editor

2008-11-07 Thread Douglas St.Clair
On Nov 7, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Twayne wrote: Wow, I know a lot of companies, big and small, who are going to be mighty disappointed when they read thatg! That can't really be what you meant to say is it? Twayne, Perhaps I should have been more clear. A team product IMHO would be constructed

Re: [discuss] Re: A text editor

2008-11-07 Thread Robert Derman
Douglas St.Clair wrote: On Nov 7, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Twayne wrote: Wow, I know a lot of companies, big and small, who are going to be mighty disappointed when they read thatg! That can't really be what you meant to say is it? Twayne, Perhaps I should have been more clear. A team product

[discuss] Re: A text editor

2008-11-02 Thread Ed Jones
On or about 11/2/2008 7:32 AM, Michael Adams typed the following: On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:01:24 -0500 Came this utterance fomulated by Rob to my mailbox: Ohiyo, How about a small open office enhanced notepad like program, to replace the windows one by default. There are tens,