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#! rnews 2372 bsd From: "Andrew Nayler" <andrew@videocd.com.au> Subject: Re: Betting on Unix References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <E50rGo.K3n@nonexistent.com><nLVF2tL@quack.kfu.com> <5daq9b$tck@usenet1y.prodigy.net><32F90AEB.41C6@osf.org> <5dbapu$t1f$1@nntp2.ba.best.com><x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com><5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de> <5dhlmo$4kf@news1.edmonton.istar.net> Message-ID: <01bc165b$1bd462b0$0529868b@rage> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 04:31:03 -0500 Lines: 33 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.gisco.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157025 comp.os.linux.networking:67729 comp.os.linux.setup:96163 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5945 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2397 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52254 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266537 s. keeling <keelings@incentre.net> wrote in article <5dhlmo$4kf@news1.edmonton.istar.net>... > In article <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de> rob@charlie.sysbe.sysgo.de (Robert Kaiser) writes: > From: rob@charlie.sysbe.sysgo.de (Robert Kaiser) > In article <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com>, > Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> writes: > >vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) writes: > > > >> Tell me a cheap and good word processing application for unix? Tell me a cheap and good one for winblows? If you want something like wordperfect you can get Corell wordperfect for unix now ( Caldera make a native linux version of the product) Or Applix which make a very good office suite which is avalable for linux ( by redhat) If you want GPL stuff you can try the Andrew user interface system. > > > >1) emacs + groff (preview with the -X option if using X). > >2) emacs + [La]TeX > > > Oh, come on! This just doesn't compare to WinWord. I was about to mention > Lyx which looks like a good start, but even that one doesn't compare. > [snippage] > It's really a pity that there is in fact no good word processor under GPL. > Or simply stick to thoes which is what I would do.