At 06:05 AM 1/31/03 -1300, you wrote: >Charles Angelich wrote: >> >> considering how aggressively Microsoft has arranged to >> even scuttle their own versions of MSW to force purchase >> of each new version I see no point at all for a Linux >> user to attempt to chase the pack and run a long third >> place showing? > >There is only one reason why I would like the BL2 wordprocessor >to have (partial) MSW compatability. I regularly get .doc files >that contain important information. Yes, I agree that the people >who send them to me should know better. Yes, I tell them to send >.txt not .doc. But the fact remains, I get docs. And I must >conclude from this that other people get docs too.
If you patronize them it only gets worse. >I have no desire to send docs (or have that capability in BL2); >however, it would be nice to be able to take an incoming doc, >edit it a bit and print it out. To have the capability to "edit it a bit" you will need MSWord and the most recent version(s) as time goes by. Charles.Angelich "DOS Ghost" Tech Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ Music,Photos,Stories,etc. Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ Default Browser HomePage : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/homepage.asp To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
