shane wrote: >On Sunday 07 April 2002 12:05 am, Randy Kramer opened a hailing frequency >and transmitted: > >>shane wrote: >> >>>On Saturday 06 April 2002 11:06 pm, Paul Rodr�guez opened a hailing >>> >>>frequency and transmitted: >>> >>>>Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? >>>> >>>if i remember correctly this was asked, and the general feel seemed to >>>be "cause they haven't changed the package in so long it is damn near >>>useless now" >>> >>It's too bad people perceive it that way. AbiWord seems to be a fairly >>active development project especially considering the small number of >>developers and time available for each. They are currently >>concentrating on several "bugfix" releases prior to releasing 1.0, which >>will *not* have tables and some other features people desire. >> > >i agree, and if nothing else it provides one more office app choice. more >choice is always good. i am only pointing out what i recall a few posters >saying. it may have even been another list. > >if only kword and staroffice could better open some of my older files, as >well as share files better......... > Why was/was not package xxx included in 8.2?
Look at the CDs! 650, 649, and 648 Mb--MAXed!!!! Some choices had to be made and Abiword has a track record of interfering with other programs by way of its fonts. We did not want another 8.0 case on our hands.... Gee, Pike, a wonderfully comfortable scripting language isn't there either and SmallEiffel bit the dust, and no one thought to include the famous old web browser Grail, and.... Sheesh, go to a Mandrake mirror and look in the /contribs directory. We rarely throw anything away. You will find SIAG Office there, too. Civileme >
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