Re: tlug: To Applix E/J from MS Office

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com> writes:

    jb> Doesn't replace Outlook.  Applix Mail is so bad they should
    jb> have just left it out of the package :-(

Hmm, my opinion exactly---of Outhouse.  But then, I only get to
receive Outhouse's product, I might feel differently if I could impose
it on others :-)  But who needs it?  I can screw up MIME headers and
mailbomb my colleagues with easily available free software!

    jb> Neither Applix nor WordPerfect currently has filters for
    jb> anything newer than Office 6.0 (pre-Windows 95 stuff).  The
    jb> conversion wouldn't be at all seamless.  I'm not dissing
    jb> Applix, it's a decent product, but it's weak points are its
    jb> abominable mail client and poor ability to import files.

Yeah, well, you should try importing a trivial Word document into an
older version of Word.  But I guess if you're corporate you can just
offload the costs of upgrading every time MS releases on the customer.

Not.

The conversion might not be seamless, but at least you'd be rid of the 
damn ring in your nose.

    jb> I'd love to say ATOK come out with a Linux version, though.
    jb> Wnn6 would have to either adapt or die in very short
    jb> order. Canna might hang around because it's free.

Um, what's so great about ATOK or Kotoeri?  I don't notice Canna
anymore (except for the decision to put the kigou list on <INSERT>,
which is 5mm too close to <Backspace> on JIS keyboards).

OTOH, I found SKK only very mildly annoying.  :-)

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