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Subject: Re: SALE!!SALE!!!
Date: 2 Feb 1997 06:25:21 GMT
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Wiker, Raymond (etorwi@eto.ericsson.se) wrote:
: 
: 	Interesting... are you implying that Microsoft Word (to take
: one example) is an acceptable word processor? (Easy shot, I know...)

Well, yes, it is. Works fine, lasts a long time. A word processor is a
word processor is a word processor (W. Shakespeare).  WordPerfect is also
a good word processor.

I don't use FreeBSD because it's a good word-processor.  wp is an
application software.  application software is a matter of taste, and
should be, theoretically anyway, independent of OS.