On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:57:58 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
>02/26/2008
>   at 12:55 PM, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>>I'd hate to do word processing on z/OS
>
>Why? And if you want "WYSIWYG", you can get it as easily under Linux as
>under windoze.
>
>(remember DW/370?
>
>Yes. I also remember DCF, BookMaster and BookManager BUILD. I'd take them
>over the WYSIAYG software any time.
>

I have to agree with John here. Although not zOS I used to use Lotus 1-2-3
and Wordperfect under VM and they were so difficult to use. Script was far
easier and when I worked out how to embed GIF files (convert them to ADMGDF)
then documents looked very good.

Seb

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