web at work wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Knott" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: [users] CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE? > > >> Fred A. Miller wrote: >>> Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: >>>> Fred A. Miller wrote: >>>>> CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT MICROSOFT OFFICE? -- The latest incarnation >>>>> has met with >>>>> a mixed reaction and more people are opting for Macs and Linux. >>>>> The time is >>>>> right to see if you can survive without Microsoft Office. A new >>>>> generation of >>>>> alternatives is cropping up from two directions: cloud computing >>>>> and open >>>>> source software. Read on: >>>>> >>>>> http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3357163/250558731/126072/0/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> I've lived without MS Office since StarOffice 5.2 >>> >>> So did I, but it was the first version of SO for OS/2....what ever >>> that version was. 'Course, my first was Perfect Writer and WordStar. ;) >>> >>> Fred >>> >> >> My first word processor was PC-Write, at home and Wordstar 2000, at >> work. I had also used an editor on VAX/VMS prior to that. >> > At least someone has used PC-Write. > Did you have to write a printer file so it would be able to do the proper > style controls? I had to do that at Elmira College (Elmira NY) in the > mid > 1980's. Plus WordStar and a few others. I even wrote a better PDP/11 > editor then the other college I worked at used. For those good old > days. > laugh, laugh, laugh > > At lease MS was not as big then. We had PC Dos and other good stuff > that was not from big MS%$$%# > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I have since OOo 2.0, and have actually been more productive with OOo than ever before. that includes word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
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