Re: tlug: What's wrong with Microsoft?

[Christopher Wiles <wileyc@example.com>]

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tlug note from Christopher Wiles <wileyc@example.com>
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On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Philip Jarvis wrote:

> What ARE people using for a word processor?  For that matter,
> what does Linux (or ANY UNIX box for that matter) have that can match
> MS Word.  LaTex?  Spare me.  The only serious contender I've come
> across is a UNIX version of WordPerfect. But that carried a pretty
> steep price tag and its functionality didn't justify the premium.

Try SciTex.  Yes, it needs Motif ... but it works more-or-less okay with
LessTif.

> How about a spreadsheet?  Anything to compare with Excel?

I personally like oleo ... minimal, yes -- but I don't USE any of the
nifty bloated features in Excel.

--	Chris (wileyc@example.com)

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